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Special Needs of Women and Young People Highlighted at AIDS Meeting

calendar_today10 June 2011

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Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

calendar_today01 August 2014

A woman rests with her newborn at a birthing centre outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo credit: UNFPA Turkmenistan
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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

calendar_today28 July 2014

Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA
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In South Sudan, opposition to family planning exacerbates reproductive health needs

calendar_today30 July 2014

A pregnant women receives antenatal care at a UNFPA clinic in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. The country has too few health professionals to meet women's reproductive health needs.Photo credit: Tim McKulka/UNFPA
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Press release

UNFPA Alarmed Over Devastating Impact of Gaza Violence on Women, Girls

calendar_today25 July 2014

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Health needs escalate as crisis in Gaza continues

calendar_today24 July 2014

<p>On 12 July, smoke rises from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. <i>Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-0909/El Baba</i> </p>
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Young people key in the fight against HIV

calendar_today21 July 2014

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore speaks to young people at the 'coolibah' networking zone for youth at the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: UNFPA
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In Niger, empowering girls to take a stand against child marriage

calendar_today21 July 2014

<p>Girls participate in a mentoring session in Niamey, part of the Action for Adolescent Girls initiative, in June 2014. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Satvika Chalasani</i> </p>
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Fistula survivors treated through M-Pesa mobile banking scheme in Tanzania

calendar_today15 July 2014

<p>Mama Hadija lived with obstetric fistula for over 25 years. But thanks to an innovative programme using the M-Pesa mobile banking system, she was able to undergo successful surgical treatment. <i>Photo credit: Lisa Russell</i> </p>
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Roadmap promises to save lives of 140,000 women and 250,000 newborns

calendar_today08 July 2014

Participants in the MDG Advocates meeting, in Kigali, take a selfie. Included are (left-right) Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: Paul Kagame/Flickr
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