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Pregnant Women at Risk Following Massive Earthquake in Pakistan
10 October 2005
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — As trucks carrying life-saving medicine and surgical supplies began to arrive in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the area worst hit by Saturday’s devastating earthquake, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, issued an appeal today for $3.2 million to meet the urgent needs of women, including pregnant women and those with newborns.</p>
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Media Advisory: Poverty Reduction Efforts Will Fail Unless Leaders Keep Promises to World's Women
05 October 2005
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Global efforts to "make poverty history" are bound to fail if world leaders do not act now to end gender discrimination, according to the State of World Population 2005 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Migration, Disease Resurgence Gut Africa of Much-Needed Health-Care Workers
27 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong>—The loss of workers to migration is “overwhelming” the world’s health-care systems, according to a new report released by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, at a High Level Panel on International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals held here today.</p>
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World Summit Commits to Universal Access to Reproductive Health by 2015
19 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> —World leaders resolved to achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015, promote gender equality and end discrimination against women, as they ended their three-day 2005 World Summit on Friday night.</p>
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UNFPA Saddened By U.S. Decision Not to Rejoin Nations' Support For Multilateral Work to Protect Women's Health
16 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong>— The United States Administration's decision for the fourth consecutive year not to release $34 million appropriated by Congress for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is regrettable, especially when leaders at the World Summit are stressing the need to act together on global concerns, the Fund said today.</p>
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Make Women and Young People Your Top Priority, UNFPA Chief Urges World Leaders
14 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> —Women and young people should be at the top of the world’s agenda, as women’s empowerment and gender equality are at the heart of achieving the Millennium Declaration, according to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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New Partnership Promises Universal Push to Save the Lives of Women and Children
12 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Millions of women and children worldwide will enjoy a better chance of survival thanks to a new global initiative announced at an official side event of the 2005 World Summit.</p>
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Population at Core of Development, Will Help Combat Poverty, Protect Environment, Says Latest UN Expert Report
10 September 2005
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — On the eve of the largest gathering of world leaders in history, a new United Nations report provides further evidence that investing in the health and rights of women and stopping HIV/AIDS will help the world reduce poverty and promote development, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said today.</p>
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Addressing the Urgent Needs of Togo's Refugees
06 September 2005
<p> <strong>AGAME, Benin</strong> — When violence erupted following Togo’s presidential elections, Akpene Adankpo only had time to gather up her five girls before fleeing with her family across the border into neighbouring Benin.</p>
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Survey Reveals Acute Need for Reproductive Health Care in Thailand's Migrant Communities Affected by Tsunami
30 August 2005
<p> <strong>PHUKET, Thailand</strong> — Migrants living in areas affected by last year's tsunami need better access to maternal and child health services, family planning and information on preventing HIV infection, a UN-supported study has found.</p>
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Niger Food Crisis Especially Dangerous for Pregnant Women
24 August 2005
<p> <strong>DAKAR, Senegal</strong>—The increasingly poor nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women in Niger threatens to increase the already high rates of maternal and infant death and illness in regions hard-hit by the ongoing food crisis, according to reports from the Niger office of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Report Calls for Six Steps To Improve Health Care, Reduce Maternal Death in Latin America and Caribbean
22 August 2005
<p> <strong>MEXICO CITY, Mexico</strong>—A report on progress made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean recommends six steps to improve health care and reduce maternal death in the region.</p>
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