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Experts Focus on Fistula at International Events in Senegal
06 December 2010
<p>DAKAR—A new set of priorities for the global fight against obstetric fistula will be in focus this week as specialists from around the world gather here to discuss ways to eliminate the preventable childbirth injury.</p>
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An AIDS- Free Generation is Possible, Says New UN Report
30 November 2010
<p>NEW YORK—Achieving an AIDS-free generation is possible if the international community steps up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and social protection, according to “Children and AIDS: Fifth Stocktaking Report 2010,” which was released today in New York.</p>
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UNFPA Helps Prevent and Address Gender-based Violence among Pakistan Flood Survivors
29 November 2010
ISLAMABAD—As part of its humanitarian response to Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in living memory, UNFPA is coordinating interventions to prevent and respond to gender-based violence among the affected population.
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Princess Basma Leads United Nations Event on The State of World Population 2010
25 November 2010
<p>AMMAN—UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Princess Basma Bint Talal, received the Fund’s The State of World Population 2010 at a round-table forum at the United Nations building.</p>
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Making Sure Every Tanzanian Counts
23 November 2010
<p>DAR ES SALAAM—UNFPA and the United Kingdom Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), today signed a 5-million-pound agreement to help the 2012 Population and Housing Census in Tanzania.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes New Executive Director
19 November 2010
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York–UNFPA today welcomed the United Nations Secretary-General's announcement naming Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin as Executive Director of UNFPA, to succeed Thoraya Ahmed Obaid once her tenure ends on 31 December.</p>
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UNFPA Assists Women Displaced by Indonesian Volcano
16 November 2010
<p>JAKARTA—Tens of thousands of pregnant women are among the 340,000 people uprooted by two recent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia. To protect their health, UNFPA has provided medical supplies to four affected districts and is giving technical assistance in delivering reproductive health services.</p>
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UNFPA Helps Prevent Cholera Among Pregnant Women and People Living with HIV and AIDS in Haiti
11 November 2010
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—As part of its efforts to improve hygiene conditions and prevent the recent spread of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, UNFPA has distributed nearly 7,000 hygiene-cholera kits since 1 November, targeting pregnant women and people living with HIV.</p>
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UNFPA Responds to Cyclone Giri in Myanmar
05 November 2010
<p>YANGON, Myanmar — More than 70,000 people remain homeless in western Myanmar two weeks after Cyclone Giri killed 45 people and destroyed 15,000 homes.</p>
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UNFPA Adapts Hygiene Kits to Prevent Cholera Among Pregnant Women in Haiti
27 October 2010
<p>PORT-AU-PRINCE—In response to the recent outbreak of cholera in Haiti, UNFPA is adapting 22,000 standard hygiene kits to include specific items that could reduce or prevent the spread of the epidemic.</p>
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New UNFPA Report Links Peace, Security and Development to Women’s Rights and Empowerment
20 October 2010
<p>LONDON—When women have access to the same rights and opportunities as men, they are more resilient to conflict and disaster and can lead reconstruction and renewal efforts in their societies, according to The State of World Population 2010, published today by UNFPA.</p>
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$750 Million Needed to Treat Obstetric Fistula Until 2015
11 October 2010
<p>UNITED NATIONS— A report released by the United Nations today calls for intensified investment in cost-effective interventions to address the problem of obstetric fistula.</p>
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