Women and the forgotten emergency response

Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health services during a crisis saves lives, just like clean water, shelter, and food.
Fatima Abba Bukar is nine months pregnant and receiving antenatal care for the first time. It’s her first pregnancy since she miscarried while fleeing Boko Haram more than a year ago in northern Nigeria.
Fatima Abba Bukar is nine months pregnant. It is her first pregnancy since she miscarried while fleeing Boko Haram late one night more than a year ago in northern Nigeria. She’s safe now and recently learned of a nearby maternal health clinic. It’s the first time she’s ever received antenatal ...

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