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“They are like family”: Mobile health workers care for women and girls uprooted by conflict in Sudan
GEDAREF, Sudan – "Three days after I gave birth, we heard the sounds of shelling and gunfire near…
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“Hope had no place in our hearts”: UNFPA mobile health teams treat pregnant women fleeing violence in Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Under shelling and gunfire, 32-year-old Esraa cradled her newborn son. As the war…
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Sexual violence and severe hunger surge as Sudan war passes one year
Sudan – “I can’t forget that moment. I can’t forget his smell. I can’t forget their faces. This…
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A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State
WEST DARFUR STATE, Sudan – “I came to the health centre after the fighting calmed down, but I found…
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A new flour mill offers unexpected respite from threats of violence in Sudan
BLUE NILE STATE, Sudan – Haleema Ibrahim, 36, walked a few minutes back to her home in the village…
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Sexual violence stalks women and girls fleeing Sudan for South Sudan
MALAKAL, South Sudan – “My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters…
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“Sanad is their lifeline”: Inside a UNFPA safe space in Egypt supporting women fleeing conflict in Sudan
CAIRO, Egypt – “There were dead bodies laying on the streets. I had to cover my six-year-old’s eyes…
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Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk in Sudan as hospitals run out of fuel
KHARTOUM, Sudan – “We are running out of fuel. If the electricity cuts persist, we don’t know how…
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As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone
KHARTOUM, Sudan – “We are working all day every day across three hospitals. For women and girls who…
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