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
Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion
UNITED NATIONS, New York– Today marks the firstWorld Health Day that humanity will celebrate as 8 billion. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence
BUKAVU, The Democratic Republic of the Congo– When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her worst fear: She was preg (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - April 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
After eight years of conflict and despite a fragile truce, childbirth still a matter of life and death in Yemen
DHAMAR, Yemen– “If we get some food, we first let our children eat.” Zahra, 30, is a mother of four from the village of Wusab Al Safil in Yemen’s Dhamar Governorate. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ensuring critical maternal health services after cyclone Freddy wreaks havoc in Malawi
Nsanje, MALAWI– Ruth Zuze was nervous. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“One society, free from violence”: Training providers on caring for survivors of sexual violence in Palestine
JERICHO, Palestine– "I grew up in a patriarchal society where women have always been left behind, and this shaped my values and behaviour,” said Ayman Lubbad, a gender-based violence expert at Jerich (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another
DAADAB, Kenya– Incessant hunger and chronic insecurity forced Rukia Yaroow Ali and her nine children to abandon their home in Jilib, Somalia, to seek shelter at the Hagadera refugee camp in northern (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”
KHARTOUM, Sudan– “I personally experienced female genital mutilation and its harmful effects. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Least responsible, hardest hit: New UNFPA brief explores climate change ’s disproportionate harm on people of African descent
UNITED NATIONS, New York– In 2021, double disaster struck Haiti when Tropical Storm Grace hit the island nation just two days after it was rocked by a (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
5 reasons women and girls in Syria and T ürkiye need your support right now
SYRIA/T ÜRKIYE – The numbers are beyond comprehension: Nearly 16 million people in Türkiye and 9 million in Syria affected by two massive earthquakes. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan ’s most remote villages
NIMROZ, Afghanistan– “Wake up! We have a delivery!” Suhila Rasuli whispered urgently the phone so as not to wake up the rest of her family so early in the morning. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Syria: Rights of women and girls hang in the balance as conflict passes 12-year mark and earthquakes deepen suffering
SYRIA– “For most people in Syria, life today carries very few prospects for a better future,” Rima, a young woman from Aleppo, told UNFPA. “People are giving up.” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
