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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

21 September 2016

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African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye

20 September 2016

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As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano

16 September 2016

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Refugees’ and migrants’ reproductive health needs overlooked

Global leaders are set to meet next week at the first-ever Summit on Migrants and Refugees. At stake are the rights, health and well-being of hundreds of millions of migrants and tens of millions of refugees. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

14 September 2016

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“One-stop shop” brings life-saving HIV care, reproductive health to Botswana’s women

Rose Matuulane, 24, with one of her children. She is able to access antenatal care, cervical cancer screening, HIV testing and family planning counselling all in the same clinic visit. © UNFPA Botswana/Nchidzi Smarts

07 September 2016

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Once frowned on, family planning offers a lifeline in South Sudan

UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options. © UNFPA/Annette Poni

31 August 2016

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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

31 August 2016

Publication

Adolescent Girls in Disaster & Conflict

Interventions for Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Number of pages: 88

Publication date: 19 Aug 2016

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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Girls in Uganda become SDG "ambassadors," fight teen pregnancy with poetry

Students perform their award-winning poem, "The Life that is Worthy." Their message makes them ambassadors of sustainable development, said leaders at the 2016 Music, Dance and Drama Festival.

12 August 2016

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Brazilian funk music sensation Dream Team do Passinho calls for "More Rights, Less Zika"

Dream Team do Passinho launches their hit new song, "More Rights, Less Zika" on World Population Day 2016. The song is a collaboration between the popular music group and UNFPA. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida

03 August 2016

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