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Extending Help to Migrant Communities Hit by Tsunami

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calendar_today02 March 2005

NAM KHEM, Phang-nga Province, Thailand—When the tsunami waters raged through this fishing town, home to thousands of migrant families from Myanmar, Nu Nu Aye raced to the office of World Vision, where she volunteered as…

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Fortnight Prepares More Nigerian Doctors to Fight Fistula

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calendar_today02 March 2005

BIRNIN KEBBI Nigeria—Dr. Mustafa Lawal checks on his patient, 20-year-old Rahamu Manu, in the recovery ward of the Birnin Kebbi Vesico-Vaginal Fistula Centre in northern Nigeria.

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UK Doctor at "Home" in Nigerian Fortnight Effort

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calendar_today25 February 2005

KATSINA, Nigeria—For Dr. Gloria Esegbona, participating in the “ Fistula Fortnight ” is like coming home.

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Fistula a Men's Issue, Too

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calendar_today24 February 2005

KATSINA, Nigeria—About 30 men, seated on scattered plastic bags and straw mats, gather under the meager shade of a nim tree on the grounds of the Babbar Ruga Fistula Hospital.

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Healing Wounds, Restoring Hope in Nigeria

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calendar_today21 February 2005

KANO, Nigeria— Fatima was 14-years-old when she married. Soon after, she fell pregnant.

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Viet Nam: Transforming Village Economies One Woman at a Time

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calendar_today16 February 2005

DONG LOI, Viet Nam. Nestled in the forested uplands of northern Viet Nam, Dong Loi village sits at the end of a verdant valley.

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Winners of 2004 International Poster Contest Selected

calendar_today09 February 2005

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 9 February 2005—Winners of the 2004 International Poster Contest, organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for young artists worldwide, have been selected.

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UNFPA-Trained Volunteers Lend Social Support to Grieving Sri Lankan Women

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calendar_today07 February 2005

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka—Sitting in a tent in the stifling heat, Latha Wijesiri, a volunteer health worker, talks quietly with four women about their immediate emotional and physical needs.

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Aceh Tsunami Survivors Need More Family Planning Supplies

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calendar_today25 January 2005

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—Nearly four weeks after the tsunami, doctors and local social workers say there will be an increased demand for contraceptives among the displaced population, as couples seek to prevent pregnancies…

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Sri Lankan Maternity Hospital Staff Copes With Crisis

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calendar_today20 January 2005

GALLE, Sri Lanka—Dr. Samarasinghe was in the middle of a Caesarean section when the first of three massive waves slammed into the Maternity Hospital in the south coast city of Galle.

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Sri Lanka: Young People Pitch in to Assist Survivors of Tsunami Disaster

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calendar_today17 January 2005

COLOMBO—In a quiet, leafy enclave in Sri Lanka’s capital, 35 young volunteers work in assembly line fashion putting together emergency hygienic supplies.

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UNFPA Re-affirms its Commitment to the Family as the Basic Unit of Society

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calendar_today07 December 2004

UNITED NATIONS, New York—The 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) underscored the importance of families as “central to human societies.”