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Delivering Hope in Somalia: Doctors Continue to Treat Fistula in Harrowing Conditions
Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Though political instability, violence and chaos surround them, surgeons and backup teams dedicated to ending the misery of obstetric fistula continue their work in Somalia.
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New Documentary Investigates Sexual Violence in War-Ravaged DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NORTH KIVU, DRC — in the eastern corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been described as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman.
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Working with Religious Leaders, Families and Communities to Improve Maternal Health and End Gender-based Violence
Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — Fifty religious leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations (FBOs) from Europe and Central Asia gathering here this week were confronted with the grim fact that every minute, one woman dies…
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Putting the Needs of Young People into Action Plans: Technical Workshop Opens in Rwanda
Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda — Experts in adolescent reproductive health from ten African countries converged here today to share information and harmonize programming that can improve the lives of young people. The meeting was…
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado Visits Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
DILI, Timor-Leste — UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado, a popular actress and television personality, continues to use her celebrity to raise awareness in Portuguese-speaking countries of gender inequalities and…
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UNFPA Credited for Delivering Results
United Kingdom
LONDON – The UK Government has given UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, high marks for effectiveness, as well as additional funding to tackle problems faced by the world’s poorest people, according to a press…
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Addressing Maternal Health in H'Mong Communities in Viet Nam
Viet Nam
HANG KIA, Hoa Binh Province, Viet Nam – When Kha Y Khua gave birth to her first child 13 years ago, she broke with tradition and gave birth at the local health station. Her people, the H’Mong, live mostly in mountainous…
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UNFPA Marks First-ever World Humanitarian Day
Pakistan
On 19 August 2009, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, joins the rest of the humanitarian community in marking the first World Humanitarian Day.
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Fallen Wombs, Broken Lives: Responding to Uterine Prolapse in Nepal
Nepal
KAPILVASTU DISTRICT, Nepal — Thanks to a recent hysterectomy, Dhana Kala Rokka Magar feels like a new person. At age 60, she has become a passionate health advocate, in the hopes that others will not suffer as much as…
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Innovative Ways of Commemorating World Population Day Around the World
For two million Sri Lankans, the message of UNFPA’s World Population Day arrived right in the palm of their hands.
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Finding Ways to Deliver for Women where Doctors are in Short Supply
Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Across most of sub-Saharan Africa, there are fewer than five doctors for every 100,000 people. Each year 20,000 health professionals leave their posts to pursue jobs in urban areas outside their…
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Family Planning in Kenya: Not For Women Only
Kenya
KISUMU, Kenya — In a makeshift room inside an unfinished building in the Manyatta slums in the Western Kenyan city of Kisumu, the neighbourhood’s men regularly congregate to discuss community matters, usually in the…
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