Annual Report

H6 Annual Report 2015

2015 annual report of the H6 Joint Programme, with the collaboration of Canada and Sweden

Number of pages: 112

Publication date: 01 Nov 2016

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, UNAIDS, WHO

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

25 October 2016

Saving lives through mentoring

Published on: 15/09/2016

In Burkina Faso, a mentoring programme for midwives is saving the lives of women and newborns.

News

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

News

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

Annual Report

Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2015

Number of pages: 80

Publication date: 01 Sep 2016

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

News

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

News

Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria

29 August 2016

News

Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers

26 August 2016

Resources

1000s of lives saved during Ebola outbreak

Resource date: May 2016

Author: UNFPA Western and Central Africa Regional Office

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