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UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr.... Read more
Fistula survivor excels after repair
For more than 10 years, until last year, Khadra, 32, suffered a debilitating and devastating condition; obstetric fistula. Khadra lived with fistula... Read more
Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Cholera outbreak in Yemen
Cairo, 28 May 2017 – I am deeply concerned by the confirmed news on the rise of cholera in Yemen, which comes as a possibly fatal addition to the... Read more
Hope, healing, and dignity for all
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2017 Over the past year,... Read more
This Mother’s Day, remembering the joys – and dangers – of motherhood
UNITED NATIONS, New York/HOMS, Syria – Motherhood should be a time of joy, but for too many women, it comes with something else: peril.
Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Syrians stranded between Algeria and Morocco
Cairo, 8 May 2017 – I am following with great concern the situation of 55 people, including 20 women and 22 children, who are stranded at the border... Read more
What Midwives need to continue their heroic, life-saving work in crisis settings
Sanaa, Yemen/ Mogadishu, Somalia/ Cairo, Egypt – Armed with a first aid kit mainly containing obstetric drugs and tools used for prompt resuscitation... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin for the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2017
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates the heroic and life-saving work that midwives do every day, often in very trying circumstances... Read more
Maternity wing of Field Hospital at Athba, Mosul now fully operational
Baghdad, Iraq, 18 April 2017 – Amidst harrowing accounts of displaced, including pregnant women escaping military activities in Mosul, UNFPA, the... Read more
Generous donation from the Government of Japan to meet the needs of women and girls in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 18 April 2017 – As the current humanitarian crisis in Iraq enters its fourth year, women and girls are facing extraordinary... Read more