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New Reports Call Attention to Wide and Widening Disparities in Reproductive Health
NEW YORK —- Progress in improving access to reproductive health, as called for by Target 5.B of the Millennium Development Goals, has slowed dramatically, according to two new UNFPA reports.
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India Steps Up to the MDG 5 Challenge
India
When 20-year-old Hukam Kawar was brought for delivery to a primary health centre in Bhilwara District of Rajasthan, her husband Chan Singh was not sure whether his wife and child would survive.
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Stories and Strategies Behind Recent Reductions in Maternal Mortality
It took 30-year-old Zemzem 20 hours to get from her rural village in Ethiopia to the nearest hospital for the delivery of her fifth child. By the time she arrived, her uterus had ruptured.
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Life on the Edge: A Closer Look at the MDGs through the Lens of Young People
NEW YORK — On paper, the Millennium Development Goals form a neat and orderly roadmap of development priorities. How these priorities match up with the complicated lives of young people struggling to find their way in…
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More than a Game: Using Football to Gain Traction on Health Issues in Uganda
Uganda
ACHOLI SUB-REGION, Northern Uganda — Although hostilities in this area ceased in 2006, the lives of young people, formerly targets for abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army, have not been easy.
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Special Youth Fellows Head Back to Work in their Home Countries
NEW YORK — Each spring, the halls of UNFPA come alive with youthful energy as a new crop of Special Youth Fellows come on board. And then, four and a half months later they leave, to take experiences and capacities…
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UNFPA Executive Director Delivers Her Final Executive Board Statement
NEW YORK — When she first addressed her Executive Board nearly a decade ago, Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid highlighted three basic challenges facing UNFPA: ensuring a financially stable Fund, strengthening its…
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World Youth Conference: Why It Pays to Invest in Young People
Mexico
LEON, Mexico — The idea that governments must invest more in young people been repeated in forums and panels throughout the World Youth Conference this week. But why is this so important?
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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador
Ecuador
RIOBAMBA, Ecuador — When fifteen-year-old Maria Victoria Urquizo tends to the potato-field in front of her brother’s house in the indigenous community of Guanilchig, she has a stunning view of the majestic, snow-capped…
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UNFPA Teams Up with MTV Latin America to Highlight Youth Culture and Reproductive Health
Mexico
LEON, Mexico — “Culture cannot change unless you stand up and say something,” said Thabo Sephuma, a 29-year-old South African who has lived in five different countries and encountered discrimination first-hand.
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Brazil Aims for World's 'Most Perfect' Population Census
Brazil
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of people living within their geographical borders.</p>
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Young People Urged to Speak Out: The World is Listening
Mexico
LEON, Mexico — The hall was filled with the energy of some 4,000 young people from more than 100 countries, who had gathered at the World Youth Conference Social Forum here today tohave a say about the future. "…
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