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UNFPA Study Explores Low Usage of Modern Contraceptives in Eastern Europe
Türkiye
<p>ISTANBUL — The reasons behind the alarmingly low usage of modern contraceptive methods in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have been examined in a study published recently by UNFPA and the International Planned…
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FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview
<p>On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, the IPS correspondent Marzieh Goudarzi spoke with UNFPA's Executive on UNFPA’s role in the global campaign to end this harmful practice.</p>
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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage
Uganda
The following story discusses how the four good practices – community dialogues, use of videos, public declarations and national legislation – can work together to promote the health and rights of adolescent girls.
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Dubai Declaration Lays Out Commitments to Save the Lives of Mothers and Children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
United Arab Emirates
DUBAI — Delegates at a United Nations-convened high-level meeting on saving the lives of mothers and children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region today agreed to urgently accelerate progress on improving maternal and…
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Health is Key for Sustainable Development
Norway
World leaders called for accelerating efforts to save the lives of women and children in the coming decade at a high-level meeting that discussed perspectives and results on progress in global health.
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Saving the Lives of Women and Children: Progress on MDGs
Since 2007, the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals has brought together a number of actions and initiatives, all aimed at fulfilling the promises given by world leaders in the Millennium…
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UNFPA Turkey Provides Hygiene Kits to Syrian Refugees
Türkiye
As the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey steadily increases, another batch of 20,000 hygiene kits provided by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) are being distributed to new arrivals in the 14 camps set up by the Turkish…
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Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience
Thailand
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally arrived at this mountainous province in…
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A Multi-pronged Approach to Maternal Health in Lao PDR is Getting Results
Lao People's Democratic Republic
SEPON HOSPITAL, Lao PDR — Twenty-five-year-old Xanya had twirled herself around her husband for comfort in the family tak-tak (an open-air cart attached to a motor by a long set of handlebars) along the 12 kilometres of…
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Award-Winning Programme Gives Ethiopian Girls a Safer Transition to Adulthood
Ethiopia
BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's work with adolescent girls has garnered first prize in a Fund-wide contest to identify good practices related to adolescents and youth.
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Countdown to 60 over 60
Due to improvements in health and survival, as well as lower fertility rates, the world is growing older, a demographic trend that was analyzed in the recent report: Ageing in the Twenty-First Century, a Celebration and…
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Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers' Lives in Tibet
GYAMDA COUNTY, Tibet, China—Xi're Qunzong is one of two designated health workers at Niangpu Township hospital, with the responsibility of ensuring that no woman dies from giving life.
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