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New UNFPA-Supported Initiative Expands Midwives’ Efforts to Save Women and Newborns
22 September 2008
<p> <b>New York, 22 September 2008 —</b> UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have launched a new initiative to tackle the severe lack of midwives in developing countries.</p>
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Haitian Women and Girls Require Life-Saving Assistance in the Wake of Severe Weather
12 September 2008
<p class="bodytext"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York, 12 September 2008</strong>—More than 800,000 people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Haiti in the wake of hurricanes Fay and Gustav and tropical storm Hanna. Houses, medical facilities, main roads and bridges have been destroyed, and an estimated 100,000 people have sought refuge in temporary shelters.</p>
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Girls and Young Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to Protect Them
06 August 2008
<p>Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in collaboration with Young Positives and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, today launched <i> <a href="http://www.unfpa.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=358&filterListType=1">Make it Matter</a> </i>, a guide to help prevent HIV among girls and young women.</p>
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Gender-based Violence, Both Cause and Consequence of HIV and AIDS
04 August 2008
<p>Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Inés Alberdi, Executive Directors of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, respectively, co-chaired a session Sunday on the links between gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS.</p>
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Women's Participation is Key to Preventing HIV
02 August 2008
<p>Women’s participation in decision-making is crucial to a more effective response to HIV and AIDS.</p>
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Education: A 'Social Vaccine' to Prevent the Spread of HIV
01 August 2008
<p>In the absence of medical vaccine to prevent HIV, we have to use sexuality education as a ‘social vaccine’, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said Friday.</p>
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IFRC and UNFPA Extend Collaboration in Humanitarian Crises
24 July 2008
<p>UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have agreed to extend their collaboration in health promotion programmes around the world.</p>
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Myanmar Recovery Must Ensure Women's Health and Protection, UNFPA Says
10 July 2008
<p>Life-saving care for women remains a critical need as Myanmar recovers from Cyclone Nargis, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, stressed today as agencies jointly asked for donor support.</p>
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World Population Day 2008
10 July 2008
<p>More than 140 countries worldwide will observe World Population Day on 11 July by emphasizing the importance of family planning for the well-being of families, communities and nations, and by underlining the need to further integrate such services into national development plans.</p>
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G-8 Commitment to Maternal and Reproductive Health is a Welcome Boost to Poor Women Worldwide, Says UNFPA
09 July 2008
<p>UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today welcomed the renewed endorsement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the Group of Eight (G-8), and particularly their commitment to maternal and reproductive health as means to achieving these goals.</p>
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G-8 Leaders Should Address Population, Family Planning to Tackle Climate Change and Maternal Deaths, says UNFPA
02 July 2008
<p>The Group of Eight (G-8) should seriously factor in population issues when it deliberates on food security, climate change and maternal health during its upcoming Summit , said UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, at a global meeting of lawmakers here today.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes Call by UN Security Council for Immediate Halt to Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings
24 June 2008
<p>UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomed last week’s call by the United Nations Security Council for an immediate halt of all acts of sexual violence against women in conflict situations.</p>
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