“We are making a difference”: Advocating against period poverty and female genital mutilation in The Gambia
BASSE, The Gambia–“When a girl starts to menstruate, that's when the problems usually start,” saidNdey (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Restoring hope, rebuilding lives: A day in the life of a fistula surgeon in Zambia
NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE, Zambia– Around the world, half a million women and girls are thought to be living withobstetric fistula, a serious child (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Prevention, treatment, reintegration and advocacy: How UNFPA and partners work to end obstetric fistula
UNITED NATIONS, New York– According to an African proverb, “the sun should not rise or set twice on a labouring woman”. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care
ALMATY, Kazakhstan– "It was my first time with my boyfriend. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“Why are we excluded?": UNFPA distributes dignity kits to transgender women in Bangladesh following disastrous flooding
NETROKONA/SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh– “During the flood, everyone in my village ran to seek shelter,” Ananya, a transgender woman, (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
3 months on from the earthquakes, 5 reasons women and girls in Syria and T ürkiye still need your support
Updated to reflect new data as of 4 May 2023 (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, The Democratic Republic of the Congo– “We heard gunshots and fled. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Births don ’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar
MANAKARA, Madagascar– “We knew the delivery was imminent and that everything was going well... (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone
KHARTOUM, Sudan– “We are working all day every day across three hospitals. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Four reasons to stand up for mothers this Mother ’s Day
UNITED NATIONS, New York– For many mothers around the world, the month of May is an annual moment for them to receive thanks and recognition for all they do. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“I have never seen so many pregnant women in this situation”: Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades
ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, Mozambique– Tropical Cyclone Freddy and widespread flooding have swept through Mozambique, killing 183 people and leaving more than (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion
(Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy ’s catastrophic consequences
NSANJE, Malawi– “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Births don ’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar
MANAKARA, Madagascar– “We knew the delivery was imminent and that everything was going well... (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world ’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022
KIGOMA, United Republic of Tanzania— Last year, 6,235 women and girls gave birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp. And not one of them died due to pregnancy or childbirth. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
