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Reaching out to women in rural Zambia
The UN agencies known as the H4+ support priority countries that take concerted actions to meet the Millennium Development Goals on maternal and... Read more
MDG Week: Finding ways to save millions of mothers' lives
Every day 800 women lose their lives giving birth — 287,000 each year — and the vast majority of these deaths occurs in developing countries.... Read more
Sexuality education is a right for young people
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin has reiterated the agency’s commitment to supporting African countries to provide comprehensive... Read more
Expert fistula surgeons train physicians in Mozambique
Mozambique — Following her successful fistula repair surgery, 25-year-old Esther Joakim Chimoio envisions a better life. Although her husband... Read more
Child marriage slows countries’ development
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Child marriage is a devastating human rights violation that robs millions of girls of their future and hinders countries’... Read more
UNPFA has high profile at International AIDS Conference
UNFPA achieved high visibility at the recent International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC through its Condomize Campaign. The work of UNFPA... Read more
UNFPA cites major role for media in African solutions
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 2 September 2012 — Head of United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Africa Region, Bunmi Makinwa has urged African media... Read more
Crossing to safety: a refugee’s journey to Dadaab
DADAAB, Kenya — When Fatuma Ali and her husband began a trek from Somalia to Kenya with their four children, they knew the journey would be torturous... Read more
New High-level Panel on post-2015 development agenda
United Nations, New York — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the members of a High-level Panel to advise on the global... Read more
Giving life is main cause of death for South Sudan's women
JUBA, 19 July 2012 (IRIN) — South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita... Read more