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Lack of Funds For Cairo Consensus Threatens World's Poverty Reduction, Development Goals, UNFPA Warns
22 March 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>–UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has warned that lack of resources to fully implement the 20-year Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development would lead to substantial increases in maternal, infant and AIDS-related deaths.</p>
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The Americas Reaffirm Reproductive Health Consensus
11 March 2004
<p> <b>SANTIAGO, Chile</b> -- By a nearly unanimous decision, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today reaffirmed support for the population and reproductive health action plan adopted at Cairo ten years ago.</p>
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Conference Examines Links Between Reproductive Rights and Culture
09 March 2004
<p> <b>AMSTERDAM</b>—Pledging “to break the silence and taboos on culture and religion and their relation to reproductive and sexual health and rights,” Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation and Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, concluded an international conference here with a promise “to establish a permanent dialogue on these vital issues.”</p>
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International Women's Day
08 March 2004
<p> <b>RAFAH</b> – The living conditions of Palestinian women - including their access to health, education, food and employment - have been deeply affected by movement restrictions, military incursions and house demolitions, particularly in Rafah, where almost 10,000 Palestinians including many women, have been made homeless.</p>
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International Poster Contest Winners Named
05 March 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – Young artists from over 40 countries took part in the 2003 International Poster Contest organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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New Guidelines for Including HIV Counselling and Testing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes
17 February 2004
LONDON</b>—Addressing a critical need in responding to HIV/AIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have published new guidelines for programme planners, managers and service providers on Integrating HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Services into Reproductive Health Settings .
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Fistula Campaign Launched in Uganda, Supported by the First Lady
13 February 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – A national campaign to end fistula—the most devastating of all pregnancy-related disabilities—was launched in Uganda this week with the participation of the First Lady, Janet Museveni.</p>
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New Report Documents Vast Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
03 February 2004
LONDON—Gaps in sexual and reproductive health care account for nearly one fifth of the worldwide burden of illness and premature death, and one third of the illness and death among women of reproductive age.
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UNFPA Welcomes US Congress Support, Urges Administration to Release Funds
23 January 2004
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today welcomed United States lawmakers’ decision to appropriate $34 million for the Fund for fiscal year 2004, and urged the Administration not to withhold the money.</p>
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Iranian Earthquake Survivors Face Continuing Health Emergency, UNFPA Warns
23 January 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – Following last month’s deadly earthquake in the city of Bam, deteriorating hygienic conditions and a critical lack of reproductive health services continue to threaten the well-being of thousands of Iranian women, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warned today.</p>
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Europeans Debate Their Future, Affirm Commitment to Cairo Agenda
14 January 2004
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, Geneva</b>—Population and reproductive health experts meeting in Geneva have affirmed Europe’s strong commitment to the 20-year action plan adopted in Cairo a decade ago.</p>
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Experts Examine Europe's Population, Reproductive Health Concerns
12 January 2004
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, Geneva</b>—More than 350 population and reproductive health experts started a discussion here today on demographic, health and social issues critical to Europe, North America and the former Soviet republics.</p>
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