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Encouraging Expectant Mothers in Dadaab to Take Advantage of Obstetric Care

calendar_today07 October 2011

Fatuma Mohammed, who is roughly 8 months pregnant, watches over her two severly malnourished daughters in the intensive care section of the MSF hospital in Dagahaley camp after fleeing a prolonged drought in Somalia. Photo: Lynsey Addario

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Ending Gender Imbalances Must Remain International Priority, Says UNFPA’s Asia-Pacific Director

calendar_today05 October 2011

Nobuko Horibe,the Director of UNFPA's Asia ans Pacific Regional Office, speaking at the international forum on skewed sex ratios.

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Older Persons in a World of 7 Billion

calendar_today01 October 2011

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UNFPA Assists Flood Victims in Namibia

calendar_today30 August 2011

Mrs. Dorkas Kapembe-Haiduwa, Secretary General of the Namibian Red Cross Society(in red) thanked UNFPA for its support Photo:UNFPA/Namibia

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A Week of Progress for Women and Children

calendar_today21 September 2011

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon(second from right) applaudes among members of the audience at the "Every Women,Every Child" event in support of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health. Photo:UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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Cultural and Human Rights Dimensions of Family Planning in Mozambique

calendar_today20 September 2011

Many couples in Mozambique have large families -- but better knowledge and access to voluntary family planning is helping to reduce the risk to women's health. Photo: UNFPA/Mozambique/Pedro Sa da Bandeira

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More Bangladeshi Mothers Get Vital Care During Childbirth

calendar_today20 September 2011

Thanks to the commitment from the government and support from UNFPA and others, more Bangladeshi mothers are getting vital care during childbirth. Photo:Will Rayan/UNFPA

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Scaling-up Access to Long-term Family Planning Methods in Northern Ethiopia

calendar_today20 September 2011

Ethiopiua's ambitious Health Extension Worker Programme is delivering reproductive health choices to women in their communities, including , more options for long-term, voluntary family planning.

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Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

calendar_today20 September 2011

While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom kept Fereshta, like many women in Afghanistan, from seeking timely emergency obstetric care. Photo:UNFPA/Afghanistan/Zubaida Akbar

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Press release

Private Sector Involvement in Women’s and Children’s Health is Crucial to Saving 16 Million Lives, Says UN SG

calendar_today20 September 2011

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