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01 June 2021
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Upgrading Health Facilities to Save Lives
Many people, especially women die because of the lack of health services in remote areas. Having the medicines, supplies and facilities, provided free of charge at district…
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30 May 2021
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The Republic of Korea partners with UNFPA to improve access to maternal health services for women and girls in Yemen
UNFPA,received a contribution of USD 500,000 from the Republic of Korea to improve access to lifesaving maternal health services for vulnerable women and girls in the governorates…
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23 May 2021
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Despite stigma and rejection, Fistula survivor in Yemen find a new hope
Khetam got a fistula when she was only 16 years old. Months after her marriage, her newborn died due to difficult labor. Her birth lasted for three days.
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14 May 2021
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Helping displaced women regain their identity
Safe spaces help displaced women with identification documents to regain their identify and access services.
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10 May 2021
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Safe spaces help to rebuild lives of women faced with violence
Safe spaces provide women face with violence the skills and support to rebuild their lives
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01 April 2021
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Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan
In a country ravaged by conflict, where only half of health facilities are operable and only one in five of those remaining offer maternal care, midwives are carving out space in…
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25 March 2021
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Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence
“It was the morning of a normal working day before fighting escalated close to the hospital. I heard a mother screaming at the gate,” midwife Shrook Khalid Saeed told UNFPA this…
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24 March 2021
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As more than one million pregnant women face malnutrition in Yemen, UNFPA Executive Director appeals for peace and increased support
The Executive Director of UNFPA, called for peace in Yemen and urgent funding for women’s health and protection as she concluded a three-day visit to the country, where starvation…
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01 March 2021
Press Release
Urgent funding needed to provide protection and health services to millions of women in Yemen
More than 100,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, due to severe funding shortages and the possible…
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