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Rapid Assessment Provides New Information on Relief and Recovery Needs in Haiti
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Older people and female heads of household are the two most vulnerable groups affected by the 12 January earthquake in Haiti.
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Report Documents Challenges to Maternal Health in Haiti Even Before the Earthquake
Haiti
NEW YORK— Even before the catastrophic earthquake, getting pregnant in Haiti was perilous. With 1 in 44 women dying in pregnancy or childbirth, Haiti is the most dangerous country to give birth in the Western Hemisphere.
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Pregnant and Vulnerable: Meeting the Needs of Women in Haiti
<p>Among the 3 million people affected by the earthquake in Haiti, an estimated 63,000 are pregnant women, and 7,000 of them are expected to deliver in the coming month. Women are giving birth in the streets…
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Delivering into Chaos: UNFPA Rushes Reproductive Health Supplies to Haiti
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Women continue to give birth amid the chaos and devastation left by the massive earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January.
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Two African Beauty Queens on a Mission to End Obstetric Fistula
Ghana
Obstetric fistula, associated with incontinence and social isolation, is hardly glamorous. But two African beauty queens – Miss Ghana@50 and Miss Liberia 2009 – are using their glamour and recognition to raise awareness…
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Midwifery and Nursing Schools Destroyed by Haiti Earthquake
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The January 12 earthquake in Haiti didn’t stop at taking lives and crippling people. It also wreaked havoc on the very foundations of the country’s institutions, such as government ministries, hospitals…
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Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City
France
PORT-AU-PRINCE --- Lafleur Clermite and her husband, Wilkison Meda, along with their four children, sought refuge among the crowds on the plaza after their house was destroyed in the disaster. Lafleur was nearly nine…
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Overcrowded Hospital Wards: Performing Caesarean Sections on a Park Bench
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Six days after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, hospitals in the capital, Port-au-Prince, are flooded with victims, many of them with crushed limbs or fractured bones. But another kind of…
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Waiting to Give Birth Among Rubble and Disaster Victims
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Dientola Astrel, a pregnant 29-year-old woman, says she was out walking when the devastating earthquake hit Haiti.
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Earthquake in Haiti: UNFPA Concerned Over Critical Situation for Women
Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama — UNFPA extends solidarity and compassion to the people of Haiti who are suffering from the recent devastating earthquake.
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Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in Southern Ethiopia
Ethiopia
WOLAITA SODO, Ethiopia — It’s no ordinary day for Fanaye Fanta. Since her initial training to become a health extension worker three years ago, Fanaye has taken clients’ temperature and blood pressure and provided…
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United States Renews Full Commitment to ICPD
UNITED NATIONS — United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today marked the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) by announcing her government’s renewed…
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