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UN Commissioners Aim for Increased Access to Health Commodities
22 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Affordable, life-saving medicines and health supplies with the potential to save millions of lives are not reaching the children and women who most need them.
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Maternal Deaths Halved in 20 Years, but Faster Progress Needed
16 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, UNFPA and the World Bank.
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Executive Director Encourages Thailand to Support Young People's Reproductive Health and Rights
16 May 2012
BANGKOK—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, and Dr. Paijit Warachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, met today to discuss Thailand’s progress and challenges in promoting better reproductive and sexual health, especially among adolescents and youth.
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UNFPA Salutes Landmark Agreement to Advance the Health, Rights and Well-being of Young People
02 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York—At the conclusion of its 2012 session late last week, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development adopted a groundbreaking resolution that provides a major boost to the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of adolescents and youth.
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Promises to Youth Remain Unfulfilled, New Report Says
23 April 2012
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Urgent action is needed to protect and fulfill young people’s human rights, particularly their right to sexual and reproductive health.</p>
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Leaders Discuss Priority Health Commodities that Save Women’s and Children’s Lives
17 April 2012
<p>NEW YORK —Representatives from the United Nations, the private sector, governments, philanthropy, academia and civil society met today for the first time under the <i>United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children.</i> </p>
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UN Launches Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
23 March 2012
<p>NEW YORK—UNICEF and UNFPA today launched a high-level commission to improve access to essential but overlooked health supplies that could save the lives of millions of women and children every year.</p>
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American Reproductive Health Pioneer and Malaysian NGO Win 2012 United Nations Population Award
16 March 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York—An American reproductive health advocate, Adrienne Germain, and a Malaysian non-governmental organization, the Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia, were announced today as winners of the 2012 United Nations Population Award.
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UK Government, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to host Family Planning Summit
12 March 2012
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — An event is scheduled to be held in London in July to generate political commitment and substantial resources to meet the family planning needs of women in the world’s poorest countries by 2020.</p>
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Urban Poverty’s Hidden Dimensions Threaten Development, New Research Reveals
07 March 2012
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Residents of low-income and informal urban settlements suffer hugely from inadequate living conditions and limited access to services, which puts a disproportionate burden on women’s unpaid time and results in far-reaching consequences for their well-being, according to a new research.</p>
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Launch of First-Ever Global Map of Devastating Childbirth Injury
28 February 2012
<p>SANTA, CA/ SAN JOSE, CA/ UNITED NATIONS, New York—The largest and most comprehensive map of available services for women living with obstetric fistula was launched today by Direct Relief International, the Fistula Foundation, and UNFPA.</p>
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2,000 More African Communities End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in 2011
06 February 2012
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York— Almost 2,000 communities across Africa have abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting in 2011. This brought the total number of communities renouncing the practice to 8,000 over the last few years, according to new findings by UNFPA and UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.</p>
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