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Preventing maternal deaths from severe after-birth bleeding
The Guardian. Thursday, 5 April 2012. By Chukwuma Muanya. A UNITED Nations (UN) Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in... Read more
South Sudan gets $19.5 million for midwifery programmes
JUBA — UNFPA in South Sudan is to receive 19.5 million Canadian Dollars in funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a... Read more
UN launches Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
NEW YORK, 23 March 2012 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNICEF today launched a high-level commission to improve access to... Read more
Providing reproductive health kits for South Sudan refugees
JUBA — In response to the strained humanitarian situation in South Sudan, UNFPA handed over reproductive health kits to the United Nations Refugee... Read more
UNFPA equips nursing and midwifery college in South Sudan
JUBA — The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA in South Sudan congratulated South Sudan’s Minister of Health and the partners involved in building... Read more
Emotions high as cutters denounce FGM
AMUDAT, Uganda — It was a moment filled with emotion, that hot and sunny afternoon in a little village of Amudat, north-east Uganda. A group of... Read more
South Sudan's health professionals given scholarships
JUBA, South Sudan — Nine health professionals from South Sudan have been selected to participate in a one-year scholarship to gain additional skills... Read more
UNFPA launches Condomize Campaign in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 6 December 2011 — The UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and its partners on Monday launched its Condomize Campaign to... Read more
A small boy with a potent message
Malawi — He emerged at 3 a.m., unaware of the significance of his birth in a hospital in Malawi’s Mangochi district. The boy, born to Mayamiko... Read more
Women wanting fewer children swim against the tide
Mozambique, one of the countries featured in the 2011 State of World Population, is a place where persistent high fertility goes hand in hand with... Read more