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Annual Report 2010

Maternal Health Thematic Fund

Maternal Health Trust Fund Outlines progress in efforts in priority countries towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health.

Annual Report 2010

Reproductive Health Commodity Security

Results from the Global Programme, which assists countries to plan for their own reproductive health commodity needs.

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Fistula Campaign


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HIV Prevention Gains Momentum
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This report examines a number of success stories in promoting female condoms to help women protect themselves from HIV.

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State of World's Midwifery
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The first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues will provide new information and data gathered from 58 countries in all regions of the world.

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Country Profiles
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A dynamic database including more than 100 indicators for each country on health and development.  Also, maps, regional overviews and country profiles.

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Slideshow: State of Midwifery

Midwives do much more than deliver babies, as this slideshow, created from photos submitted by UNFPA Field Offices, reveals.

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4 min 32 sec 2011
Midwives in South Sudan

According to the authorities, 80 per cent of all women in Southern Sudan give birth at home, without the help of a midwife, and the region suffers from one of the highest maternal death rates in the world.

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5 min 20 sec 2011
Stories of Mothers Saved

Stories of women who have lived to tell their stories - who did not die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth - due to a key action taken by her, her family, the community, a health worker, a political leader or others.

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4 min 47 sec 2009
Ecuador: Making Birth Choices

Ten years ago, Ecuador, in South America, passed a law giving women free maternal health care. But the challenge is getting some women to accept it.

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