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Against Backdrop of Increasing Population, Global Leaders Take UN to Task
19 September 2011
<p>NEW YORK, New York—A high-profile group of current and former presidents and prime ministers today called on global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to provide long-promised voluntary family planning services to 215 million women in the nations that are expected to fuel the greatest population growth the world has ever seen.</p> <p> </p>
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Leaders Call for New Approach to Women's Health
19 September 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York – Government, UN and civil society leaders today called for a new approach to women’s healthcare to address the devastating impact of non-?communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases in low and middle-income countries.</p>
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UNFPA Rushes Reproductive Health Supplies to Sindh as Floods Worsen
16 September 2011
<p>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Responding to the Government’s call for international assistance, UNFPA is moving rapidly to deliver urgently needed reproductive health services to flood-affected people in Pakistan as part of a coordinated United Nations humanitarian response.</p>
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Countdown to a World of Seven Billion People
12 September 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Earth’s population will reach seven billion on 31 October, a milestone that offers unprecedented challenges and opportunities to all of humanity, according to UNFPA.</p>
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More Efforts Needed to Ensure Steady Reproductive Health Supplies, UN High-Level Meeting Concludes
09 September 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Fifty participants from 12 developing countries agreed yesterday on a Call to Action that urges national governments, civil society and the private sector to provide stronger leadership in reproductive health commodity security.</p>
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UNFPA Executive Director Visits Kenya to Highlight Maternal Health and Protection Needs of Women Affected by Drought
01 September 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, Nairobi/ New York — Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, is visiting refugee camps in Kenya to underscore the urgent needs of women affected by the famine in the Horn of Africa.</p>
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African Midwifery Leaders Gather in Ghana to Scale Up Action and Save Lives
25 August 2011
<p>ACCRA, Ghana --- Over 70 midwifery leaders from 12 African countries have gathered here today to participate in a five-day workshop that will lead to action plans to improve access to qualified midwives across the continent – and ultimately to save the lives of women and their newborns.</p>
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Somalia: Cholera Puts Mothers and their Children at Risk
19 August 2011
<p>NEW YORK—UNFPA, the UN Population Fund, is alarmed about the increasing number of cholera cases being reported near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.</p>
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UNFPA Intensifies Lifesaving Support for Mothers’ Needs in Horn of Africa
22 July 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York,—UNFPA is scaling up its efforts to respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by famine and displacement in the Horn of Africa.</p>
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Challenges, Opportunities and Action in a World of 7 Billion
11 July 2011
<p>As the world population approaches 7 billion, UNFPA is launching a global initiative to highlight the challenges, opportunities and actions that will shape our common future.</p>
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Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows
20 June 2011
<p>GENEVA/DURBAN – Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released here today by UNFPA and partners.</p>
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Former UNFPA Executive Director Gets Prestigious Japanese Award
20 June 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—The Government of Japan announced on 18 June that it will present the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, former Executive Director of UNFPA.</p>
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