Accelerating Progress to MDG 5
In 2013, around the world an estimated 289,000 women died of maternal causes. Almost all of those deaths were preventable. Preventable deaths are…
Read publication
Maternal Health Thematic Fund: Annual Report 2013
Launched in 2008 to accelerate progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5), the Maternal Health Thematic Fund (MHTF) focuses on countries…
Read publication
2013 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change” was developed in 2007 to protect girls and women…
Read publication
Population and sustainable development in the Post-2015 agenda
This report makes the clearest and strongest case to date why population issues must be integrated in the new development agenda.
Read publication
"Life or death is a political decision."
"Life or death is a political decision", reads this poster from the International Parliamentarians' Conference in Ottawa, Canada. At…
Read publication
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014 presents findings on midwifery from 73 low and middle-income countries.
Read publication
Maternal Mortality Update 2006
This Update documents strategies, partnerships and projects for reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the developing world.
Read publication
State of World Population 2013
Every day in developing countries, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth. Nine in 10 of these births occur within marriage or a union. This has…
Read publication
Maternal death surveillance and response: technical guidance. Information for action to prevent maternal death
Most maternal deaths are preventable. In order to end preventable maternal deaths, accurate information on how many women died, where they died and…
Read publication