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Study Warns of Failure to Plan for Rapid Urbanization in Developing Nations

calendar_today06 August 2010

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Young People and Pop Idol Help Out in Haiti

calendar_today23 February 2010

Youth volunteers get last-minute instructions before starting work in the earthquake survivors camp. Photo:Dimitry Leger.
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Rapid Assessment Provides New Information on Relief and Recovery Needs in Haiti

calendar_today04 February 2010

Survey team discusses plans for the day. Photo:Reiko Niimi.
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Assisting Pregnant Women in Haiti as Risk to Babies Rises

calendar_today04 February 2010

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Report Documents Challenges to Maternal Health in Haiti Even Before the Earthquake

calendar_today03 February 2010

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Delivering into Chaos: UNFPA Rushes Reproductive Health Supplies to Haiti

calendar_today25 January 2010

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Midwifery and Nursing Schools Destroyed by Haiti Earthquake

calendar_today22 January 2010

The destruction of its Ministry of Women's Affairs as well as the loss of schools training midwives and nurses, will futher complicate Haiti's efforts to address women's needs. Photo: Carina Wint/UNFPA.
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Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City

calendar_today20 January 2010

Chief nurse Marlene Dejean Gaudent and obstetrician Francois Clauden Maxcene helped deliver babies at the Hospital General's maternity ward Tuesday. Photo: Carina Wint/UNFPA.
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Overcrowded Hospital Wards: Performing Caesarean Sections on a Park Bench

calendar_today18 January 2010

Emergency care is being delivered in makeshift hospitals in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Carina Wint.
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Waiting to Give Birth Among Rubble and Disaster Victims

calendar_today16 January 2010

Bird's eye view of a neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, devastated by the 12 January earthquake. Photo:Trygve Olfarnes-UNFPA
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