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"I've Got the POWER": On-line AIDS Prevention Photo Mosaic
30 November 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — On World AIDS Day, 1 December 2005, UNFPA encourages everyone to tell their friends and family members just two things that could save their lives:</p>
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Nepal Conflict Aggravates Women's Reproductive Health Risks
30 November 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Nepal’s 10-year conflict is aggravating problems in providing vital reproductive health services, especially obstetric care.</p>
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Zero Tolerance Crucial to Confronting "Honour" Killings in Türkiye, According to New UNFPA/UNDP Report
22 November 2005
<p> <strong>ANKARA, Türkiye</strong> — The eradication of killings in the name of honour in Türkiye will not succeed without eradicating the mentality driving such crimes.</p>
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New UNAIDS/WHO Findings Confirm Vital Role of Prevention in Halting HIV/AIDS
21 November 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — HIV/AIDS will not be stopped unless leaders at all levels act now to boost comprehensive prevention efforts targeting vulnerable groups such as women, injecting drug users and sex workers, according to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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UNFPA, UNAIDS to Help Train Military Personnel in El Salvador in HIV/AIDS Prevention
10 November 2005
<p> <strong>SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, are signing an agreement today with the Salvadoran Ministry of Defence that will help bring education in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention to military personnel in the Central American nation.</p>
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Thousands of Pregnant Earthquake Survivors Will Face Life-Threatening Complications in Coming Months, UNFPA Warns
07 November 2005
<p> <strong>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan</strong> — Some 17,000 earthquake-affected women in Pakistan are expected to give birth in the next two months.</p>
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African Health Specialists Adopt the Johannesburg Call to Action on Ending Fistula
27 October 2005
<p> <strong>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa</strong> — African governments should urgently ensure the rapid implementation of national and regional programmes to address maternal health and obstetric fistula, according to participants at the African Regional Workshop on Making Motherhood Safer by Addressing Obstetric Fistula.</p>
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African Leaders Should Invest More Resources to Eliminate Fistula
24 October 2005
<p> <strong>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa</strong> — African leaders should build on the agreement and momentum of the recent World Summit to ensure that reproductive health is integrated in national reports on the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction strategies as well as national plans and budgets, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Mobile Medical Units Ensure Safe Pregnancy and Childbirth for Earthquake Survivors
17 October 2005
<p> <strong>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan</strong> — Six mobile medical service units have begun providing care to families in two of the districts most affected by last week’s earthquake.</p>
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Sexual Violence in War and Displacement Settings is Often Preventable
14 October 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Sexual violence in armed conflict and disaster settings can be stopped.</p>
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Emergency Health Care and Supplies Urgently Needed to Save Women's Lives in Aftermath of Hurricane Stan
13 October 2005
UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is seeking just over $1 million for emergency health assistance for women affected by Hurricane Stan in Guatemala and El Salvador.
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World Must Not Allow Gender Apartheid to Wreck Efforts to Make Poverty History
12 October 2005
<p> <strong>LONDON / NEW YORK</strong> — Global efforts to “make poverty history” will fail unless world leaders act now to end gender discrimination, according to <em>The State of World Population 2005</em> report, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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