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Providing Maternal Health Care in Ecuador's Amazon Region
Ecuador
ORELLANA PROVINCE, Ecuador — Widman Jimenez, a farmer in Ecuador’s fertile, but sometimes tumultuous Amazon region, has the intensity of someone who is driven by a cause.
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UN Heads Welcome New Campaign to Avert Maternal and Child Deaths, and Norway's $1 Billion Pledge
Norway
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Women leaders of the United Nations welcomed today’s launch of a global campaign to eliminate maternal and child deaths around the world.
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Delivering Hope to Women with Fistula in Niger
Niger
NIAMEY, Niger — Fifty-five-year-old Hanna Moussa keeps a carefully wrapped bar of soap with her at all times.
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A New Declaration Enshrines the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
NEW YORK, NY — Twenty-five years after consultations on the subject began, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark declaration on the rights of indigenous people by an overwhelming majority.
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Fistula Fundraiser Nets $140,000
United Kingdom
LONDON, United Kingdom — A recent celebrity bowl-a-thon at London’s All Star Lanes hosted by Australian singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia and Virgin Unite, charitable arm of the Virgin Group, raised more than $140,000…
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Call for Nominations for the 2008 United Nations Population Award
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Each spring for the last quarter century, the has recognized outstanding contributions to the field of population and development.
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Dispatches from Darfur: Caring for the Ones who Care for Others
Sudan
DARFUR, Sudan — Since the conflict began in the Darfur region of western Sudan in 2003, over 200,000 people have been killed and more than two million have been displaced.
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The Women's Centres of Darfur Offer an Oasis Away From the Hardship of Camps
Sudan
SAKALI, South Darfur, Sudan — Awatif was teaching Arabic and the Koran in her classroom in her village when she heard planes overhead and felt the earth tremble as bombs began to drop.
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Violence Plagues Darfur Women Searching for Firewood and Fodder
Sudan
MANAWASHI, South Darfur, Sudan — The rains have come to South Darfur and bright patches of green occasionally dot the barren landscape.
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Darfur Women Fear Giving Birth at Night, Without Midwives to Help
Sudan
SERIF, South Darfur, Sudan — Awatif, who is six-months pregnant, is frightened of giving birth after the sun goes down.
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UNFPA Provides Emergency Supplies in Darfur for Overlooked Basic Needs
Sudan
NYALA, South Darfur, Sudan — Although soap and absorbent cloths may not be the first thing one thinks of in terms of emergency provisions, a lack of very basic household commodities can have far-reaching repercussions.
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Little Blue Book Helps to Improve Maternal Health in Morocco
Morocco
RABAT, Morocco — Latifa, more than seven months pregnant, awaits a prenatal consultation with her gynaecologist in a spacious, breezy meeting room in the National Hospital for Maternal Health Orangers in Morocco’s…
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