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UNFPA, USAID Strengthen Collaboration to Boost Access to Voluntary Family Planning for Women across Globe
22 August 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York—USAID and UNFPA, two of the longest-serving development agencies addressing population concerns, announced today new efforts to strengthen their collaboration to advance reproductive health, including voluntary family planning, worldwide.
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Population Conference Adopts Montevideo Consensus of Wide-Ranging Priority Actions on Reproductive Health, Gender Equality, Young People
15 August 2013
The First Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded today, with the adoption of adoption of the Montevideo Consensus, a wide-ranging agreement on priority actions on several issues.
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Latin America, Caribbean Conference on Population, Development Opens on International Youth Day
13 August 2013
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay— The First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean opened here on Monday, with representatives from more than 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries, who will discuss a regional population and development agenda beyond 2014.
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UNFPA to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Services for Millions of Adolescent Girls in Africa
02 August 2013
UNITED NATIONS, Johannesburg—UNFPA will support eight African countries’ efforts to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls.
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World Bank Group, UNFPA Simplify Procurement of Reproductive Health Supplies
11 July 2013
The World Bank Group (WBG) has released a new standard agreement form that will make it easier for World Bank Group borrowers to procure reproductive health supplies through the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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ICPD Human Rights Conference Points Way Towards Equality, Dignity for All
10 July 2013
NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands—The ICPD International Conference on Human Rights ended here today with recommendations on how to ensure equality and protect the rights of every person.
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Governments, Civil Society, Experts Return to Cairo to Chart Arab Population and Development Agenda Beyond 2014
25 June 2013
CAIRO—On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme, more than 350 delegates from across the Arab region have returned to Cairo, where it was held in 1994, to review its Programme of Action and chart the Arab population and development agenda beyond 2014.
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Providing Safe Delivery for Displaced Women in Syria
04 June 2013
DAMASCUS--- Sitting in her bed at the intensive care unit of the Obstetric University Hospital, Dania Kadra considers herself lucky to be alive and to have safely delivered her baby boy.
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UNFPA Welcomes Eminent Persons’ Call to Place People, Particularly Women, at Heart of Transformative Development
30 May 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of UNFPA, warmly welcomed the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda that was presented today to the United Nations Secretary-General.
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New Initiative to Boost Family Planning Services for Youth, Vulnerable Groups, Countries in Transition
29 May 2013
KUALA LUMPUR—A new level of partnership that will bring a significant boost in investment to family planning services in 13 countries, with a focus on vulnerable groups, was launched by UNFPA and the International Planned Parenthood Federation today at Women Deliver.
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UNFPA Drives Family Planning Innovation to Reach World’s Most Marginalized, at Major Women’s Health Conference
22 May 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA will launch two new initiatives that will increase access to family planning and improve maternal health in some of the most-hard-to-reach areas around the world, including post-conflict and post-disaster countries.
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Inaugural Day to End Fistula Highlights Progress, Challenges
20 May 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Countries around the world will mark the first-ever International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May, with a variety of events to raise awareness of this neglected health and human rights challenge.
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