Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by ...2030.
The United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) – comprising WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA/Population Division) has collaborated with external technical experts on a new round of estimates covering 2000 to 2020. The estimates represent the most up to date, internationally-comparable MMEIG estimates of maternal mortality, using refined input data and methods from previous rounds.
The report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.
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This report provides insight into the work that UNFPA has been doing to tackle FGM across borders in these border areas, where country offices are implementing a wide range of initiatives to address the issue. The information provided in this report is structured into four pillars, namely those list...ed in the regional action plan to eliminate cross-border FGM endorsed by the Governments that participated in the interministerial meeting on ending cross-border FGM held in 2019.
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Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People
Guidance Brief
Accessed: 09.11.2019
WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA joint statement
WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA joint statement
In East Africa, the trend in cross-border FGM puts at risk the progress achieved in eliminating the practice. The only way we can reach zero FGM by 2030 is by concerted and immediate action to address all aspects of FGM.
This policy brief highlights the cross-border dimension of FGM (Ethiopia, Keny...a, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda) in the East Africa region. The brief describes the factors that perpetuate cross-border FGM and the work that is being done to reduce the rates.
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A study set out to investigate the factors affecting the prevalence of the practice among cross-border communities in East Africa and the Horn of Africa and the extent to which people cross borders to practise or undergo FGM and the effects of the practice on the women and girls in those communities.... Changes were found in social norms in the cross-border communities investigated, indicating that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) can be eradicated. Effective interventions to end FGM need to be tailored to communities’ belief systems if they are to be “owned” by and mobilize the communities to change their culture. This report summarises the findings.
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Handbook on pregnancy, childbirth, childhood illnesses, child development and the care of children. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members and caregivers and communities to use in changing behaviours and practices that can sav...e and protect the lives of children and help them grow and develop to their full potential.
This version of Facts for Life builds on the three previous editions, which have been helping families and communities around the world since 1989. Newborn Health has been added to the Safe Motherhood chapter, giving attention to child survival from the first stage of life. A new chapter, Child Protection, has been included, focusing attention on the actions needed to ensure children grow up in protective environments.
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Пандемия COVID-19 вызвала кризис системы здравоохранения и социальноэкономический кризис глобального масштаба. В связи с ограничениями на
поездки и передвижение гр...жданское общество и гуманитарные организации
играют важнейшую роль в оказании поддержки правительствам при
проведении ими ответных мероприятий. Все люди должны быть защищены от
сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных надругательств при получении
гуманитарной помощи, включающей медицинское обслуживание и лечение, а
также от жестокого обращения и эксплуатации. Если сексуальная
эксплуатация или сексуальные надругательства имеют место, люди должны
иметь доступ к безопасным и конфиденциальным услугам и каналам
информирования. Guidance on COVID-19 - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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The way Forward
Executive Summary
En la cuarta edición de Para la Vida figura información esencial que las amilias y las comunidades tienen que conocer para criar niños y niñas anos. Este manual ofrece consejos prácticos sobre el embarazo, el alumbramiento, las enfermedades de la infancia, el desarrollo infantil y la atención ...de los niños y niñas. En esta edición se presenta también un nuevo capítulo sobre protección de la infancia. El libro está dirigido a los padres y madres, las familias, los trabajadores de salud, los maestros, los grupos juveniles, los grupos de mujeres, las organizaciones comunitarias, los funcionarios gubernamentales, los empleadores, los sindicatos, los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones no gubernamentales y confesionales.
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Third Stocktaking Report, 2008
Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS