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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Visits Pakistan to Serve As Bridge Between Women of Pakistan, Japan
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — UNFPA’s Goodwill Ambassador in Japan, Yuko Arimori, undertook a week-long mission to Pakistan to see the work of UNFPA and to talk to women trying to improve their health, in order to relay their…
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Lure of Prosperity Brings Migrants to a Guangdong Boom Town
China
SHUNDE, China — The fast-growing cities of Guangdong Province are a magnet for migrants seeking a piece of the coastal region’s unprecedented economic boom.
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OPEC Fund and UNFPA Train Thousands of Central American and Caribbean Youth in HIV Prevention
Belize
BELIZE CITY, Belize— Thousands of young people - nearly 60,000 in Honduras and Guatemala alone - have learned how to protect themselves from HIV, thanks to an initiative supported by the OPEC Fund for International…
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Two Award-Winning Documentaries Explore the Challenges of Growing Up Female in Rural Africa
Ethiopia
UNITED NATIONS, New York— Two award-winning films produced with the support of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, underscore the challenges faced by girls growing up in two different parts of rural Africa.
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New Annual Report Highlights Achievements of 2006
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the Executive Board of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, met here today to chart the Fund’s course for the next few years, it also had the opportunity to review past…
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Pop Star Lends Her Voice to Stop Maternal, Infant and Child Deaths
Tanzania, United Republic of
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – When Stara Thomas’s parents christened her after her grandmother 29 years ago, they had no idea how prophetic that name would be.
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Partner Perspectives
Tanzania, United Republic of
Children are dependent, to a large extent, on the health and well-being of their mothers. This recognition led, in 2005, to the merging of three separate global partnerships, which had earlier focused on child survival…
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In the Slums of Cairo, Home is a Roof Over Your Head
Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt—</strong> Feryal El Sayed has called a tiny square room and a tinier cubicle containing a kitchen and a bathroom ‘home’ for the past 15 years.</p>
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UNFPA Mobile Clinic Protects Cairo's Garbage Collectors
Egypt
AL ZARAYEB, CAIRO — Garbage is everywhere in this part of the city. But after a few minutes, the acrid odor begins to subside as one’s nose becomes accustomed to the stench.
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Record-Breaking Donation from Portuguese Public
Portugal
LISBON, Portugal</strong> — UNFPA’s Goodwill Ambassador in Portugal, Catarina Furtado, delivered an unprecedented €253,000 (more than $340,000) contribution to UNFPA through its Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed…
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UNFPA Opens New Fistula Treatment Centres in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — New facilities for treating obstetric fistula patients were inaugurated in April by UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya A. Obaid and the health ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Checkpoints Compound the Risks of Childbirth for Palestinian Women
Palestine, State of
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Occupied Territory— After three hours of driving from one checkpoint to another to get to the Ramallah hospital, Fatima's labour pains were becoming unbearable.
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