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Pregnant mothers and babies born during COVID-19 pandemic threatened by strained health systems and disruptions in services

With 116 million expected births in the approximately 9 months since the COVID pandemic was recognized, UNICEF calls on governments and donors to maintain lifesaving services for pregnant women and newborns

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World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers - UNICEF

Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage

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New global commitment to primary health care for all at Astana conference

Declaration of Astana charts course to achieve universal health coverage, 40 years since declaration on primary health care in Alma-Ata

Alimaa with her healthy baby girl in Mongolia

Healthy babies, happy mothers

In Mongolia, , where the newborn mortality rate is 1 in 103, UNICEF introduced a simple solution to reduce newborn mortality and help save babies lives

23-year-old Deolinda de Deus Maia with her newborn baby bundled on her lap

Helping hands in Timor-Leste

Trained birth attendants can prevent tragedies in the most remote parts of Timor-Leste

a healthy newborn in Fiji

World is failing newborn babies, says UNICEF

Babies from the best places to be born up to 50 times less likely to die in the first month of life

a healthy newborn in Fiji

Every Child Alive

The urgent need to end newborn deaths

Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage for women and children in Asia & the Pacific

Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage

Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage in Asia & the Pacific

Improving Policies, Programmes, and Partnerships for Maternal and Child Nutrition in Asia

Improving Policies, Programmes, and Partnerships

Improving Policies, Programmes, and Partnerships for Maternal and Child Nutrition in Asia