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UN Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director visit Nigeria to Promote Women’s and Children’s Health
Nigeria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin visited Nigeria this week to promote ‘Every Woman, Every Child’, a global campaign for women’s and children’s health.
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Conference Calls for Increased Investments in Young People in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Türkiye
ISTANBUL — Government and civil society representatives from 27 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia agreed to take action on priority areas to promote the health and well-being of the region’s young people.
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World Parliamentarians Appeal for Investing in Girls
France
PARIS – A group of parliamentarians committed to population and development issues have called on governments meeting at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, to invest substantially in protecting girls.
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Young Leaders Fund: Supporting Youth-Led HIV Prevention Initiatives
Netherlands
Young people below age 30 account for an estimated 45 per cent of new HIV infections worldwide. Millions more have lost friends or family members to AIDS.
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Using Mobile Phones to Tackle Fistula in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Across Africa, cell phones are rapidly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
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Training Midwives to Care for the Mothers of South Sudan
South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan — Following decades of conflict and uncertainty in South Sudan, everything has to be rebuilt. Although the region’s capital, Juba, is now thriving following five years of peace, rural areas lack even…
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Ministers Briefed on 'State of the World's Midwifery' at World Health Assembly
Eswatini
<p>GENEVA — Some 120 representatives of Ministries of Health and development partners gathered during a side breakfast meeting at the World Health Assembly to discuss the preliminary findings of the first-ever…
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Protecting the Indigenous Forest Dwellers of Republic of Congo
Congo-Brazzaville
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The indigenous forest dwellers of the Republic of Congo are in danger of extinction, warns David Lawson, UNFPA Representative in that country.
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Symposium Highlights Increasing Number of Young Migrants
<p>NEW YORK – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake has highlighted the increasingly important issue of young people’s migration at an international symposium.</p>
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Former UNFPA Executive Director Receives the Prestigious Union Medal
<p>UNFPA's former Executive Director, Ms. Thoraya A. Obaid, was awarded the Union Medal by Union Theological Seminary. Recent medalists include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Bill and…
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UNFPA Conference Calls for Renewed Commitment to Invest in Young People
Türkiye
ISTANBUL-- Ministers and other high-level officials from Eastern Europe and Central Asia agreed to an action plan to increase investments in young people during a youth regional conference that concluded here yesterday.
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Economic Growth Achieved Only Through Healthy Populations, Experts Agree At LDC Special Event
Türkiye
ISTANBUL —Unmet need for family planning should be addressed as an urgent development priority to keep women healthy, as economic growth can only be achieved through a healthy population, according to Ritva Koukku-…
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