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

Resources

Strengthening Reproductive Health Care in Ibb, Yemen

Resource date: Aug 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

News

No place too far: Midwives deployed to far-flung villages in Myanmar

Midwife Daw Aye Myint visits the home of a new mother for a postpartum check-up in the remote region of Magway. © UNFPA Myanmar

29 July 2016

News

Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka

26 July 2016

Family planning in remote Lao People's Democratic Republic

Published on: 24/05/2016

With support from UNFPA, Agnod, has helped more than 300 families receive family planning services in remote Laos.

News

Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor

13 July 2016

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