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Cardinal's Statement "Could Contribute to Spread of HIV/AIDS," Warns UNFPA Leader
13 October 2003
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> — UNFPA deplores the recently broadcast statement by the President of the Pontifical Council on the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, that condoms do not protect against transmission of HIV.</p>
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Investment in Adolescents' Reproductive Health Is Critical to Fighting Poverty and HIV/AIDS, Says UNFPA Report
08 October 2003
<p class="bodytext"> <b>LONDON</b>—Meeting adolescents’ reproductive health needs is an urgent priority in the global fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS, emphasizes The State of World Population 2003 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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UNFPA Replenishes Looted Hospitals in Liberia, Warns of Continuing Health Emergency as Hundreds of Thousands Remain Displaced
03 October 2003
<p class="bodytext"> <b>New York</b> -- Continuing fighting in Liberia is worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis that has pushed maternal and infant mortality to levels not seen for decades, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), warned today.</p>
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UN Agencies Urge Governments to Take Key Actions to Encourage Appropriate Feeding Practices for All Infants and Young Children
03 October 2003
<p> <b>NAIROBI</b>—With the achievement of broad consensus on the appropriate ways to feed infants and young children in the context of HIV/AIDS, four UN agencies today urged governments to immediately scale up action in five priority areas to save lives and ensure the growth, health, development and well-being of all children.</p>
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Impact of HIV/AIDS Should be Integral Part of Poverty-Reduction Strategies, New Report Says
16 September 2003
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – With its rapid spread across the world, HIV/AIDS has become as much a threat to overall development as a health issue, with a powerful impact on national economic and social sectors.</p>
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UNFPA Mourns Death Of International Personnel, Iraqis In Baghdad
19 August 2003
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – All my colleagues at UNFPA and I are extremely saddened and horrified by the explosion at United Nations Headquarters, Baghdad, which wounded many people and took the lives of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, other international personnel and innocent Iraqis.</p>
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UNFPA Appeals for Funds for Safe Motherhood and Other Emergency Reproductive Health Needs in Liberia
06 August 2003
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b>—As part of a United Nations inter-agency appeal for emergency aid for Liberia, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today asked donors to provide $1.9 million for reproductive health services in the war-torn country.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes New WHO Director-General
23 July 2003
<p> <b>NEW YORK</b> - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomed Dr. Jong-Wook Lee as Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), stressing that his leadership would benefit the health of women, adolescents and families worldwide.</p>
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UNFPA Delivers Emergency Medical Supplies to Baghdad Hospitals
22 July 2003
<p>In an effort to restore and support reproductive health services in Iraq, a new shipment of emergency reproductive health supplies, intended to meet the urgent needs of Iraqi women, was delivered by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to key maternity hospitals and primary healthcare centres in Baghdad.</p>
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Kabul Hospital Rebuilt by UNFPA Now Provides Lifesaving Obstetric Care
14 July 2003
<p class="bodytext"> <b>KABUL</b>—Mothers and infants in north-west Kabul have a far better chance of surviving childbirth, following the inauguration today of a modern hospital rebuilt and refurbished with support from the Government of Italy and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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World Population Day 2003
11 July 2003
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> – More than one billion people are 10 to 19 years old – the largest youth generation in history.</p>
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New Report Maps Fistula in Africa
18 June 2003
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The first report ever to map obstetric fistula in sub-Saharan Africa was launched today by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) and EngenderHealth.</p>
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