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Fashion Retailer HM Supports UNFPA's Efforts to Raise Awareness about HIV Among Young People
21 May 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has been selected by the international fashion retailer H & M (Hennes & Mauritz AB) as one of the contribution recipients of its 2009 Fashion Against AIDS campaign.</p>
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UNFPA Boosts its Lifesaving Support for Pregnant Women Displaced by Sri Lanka Conflict
07 May 2009
<p>COLOMBO — At least 3,000 pregnant women have fled the fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent days and some 350 of them will give birth in the next month, according to estimates by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. With health services increasingly challenged by the influx of internally displaced persons, UNFPA is stepping up its support for the health and safety of women and girls affected by the conflict, particularly those who are pregnant.</p>
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Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Myanmar’s Cyclone Survivors
01 May 2009
<p> <b>YANGON</b> — In the year since <span>Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, thousands of women affected by the deadly storm have benefited from reproductive health services supported by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</span> </p>
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UNFPA Assists Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka
22 April 2009
<p> <b>COLOMBO</b> — Women and girls uprooted by the conflict in northern Sri Lanka need assistance to maintain their health and dignity, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said today. The Fund is collaborating with district health authorities to provide personal hygiene supplies to displaced people in Vavuniya district.</p>
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New Survey Highlights Urgent Need to Address Pregnant Women's Health in the Gaza Strip
08 April 2009
<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-style-parent:""; font-size:11.0pt;"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]-->JERUSALEM— <span>A new survey examining living conditions in Gaza during the recent Israeli military offensive reveals that the conflict has prevented four in ten pregnant women who needed pre- or post-natal care during the crisis from receiving such services.<br/> </span> </p>
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$64.7 Billion Needed for Population Programmes to Curb Poverty
06 April 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS—Investments of $64.7 billion are needed in 2010 for population programmes that are essential to reduce poverty, promote development and curtail maternal death, according to a revision approved by United Nations Members at the closing session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) late on Friday.</p>
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Redefining What It Means to be a Man
02 April 2009
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — “We need to redefine what it means to be a man, reinforce zero tolerance of gender-based violence, and make sexual and reproductive health services more relevant and user-friendly for men,” Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, told participants in a global symposium on gender equality here today.</p>
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Population Programmes Crucial for Eradicating Our Poverty, Poor Countries Say
31 March 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—The world’s developing countries told a United Nations meeting here on Monday, “the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action is crucial for the eradication of extreme poverty as well as the achievement of the other Millennium Development Goals.”</p>
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U.S. Resumption of UNFPA Funding to Boost Women’s Health and Rights
12 March 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS —Yesterday’s action by President Barack Obama to pave the way for the release of United States funding for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reminds the world of his commitment to women’s health, rights and equality, according to UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid.</p>
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New Population Projections Underline the Need for Voluntary Family Planning Programmes
11 March 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS—New world population projections for the year 2050 by the United Nations underline the need to provide couples with the means to exercise their human right to determine freely the number of their children, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Egyptian Doctor and Nicaraguan NGO Win 2009 United Nations Population Award
24 February 2009
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – An Egyptian doctor, Mahmoud Fathalla, and a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization, Movimiento Comunal Nicaragüense (MCN), have won this year’s United Nations Population Award.</p>
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UNFPA: Caring for the Needs of Women Caught in Sri Lanka’s Crisis
20 February 2009
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka</b>– Women and girls caught up in the ongoing warfare in northern Sri Lanka are at grave risk, according to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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