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Recruiting Ethnic Minority Midwives to Meet Mothers' Needs in Remote Areas of Viet Nam

Van Thi May is one of the fourteen ethnic minority women who participating in the training. Photo:Maria Larrinaga.

28 February 2010

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Global Meeting to Focus on Importance of Reproductive Health to Empowering Women

26 February 2010

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Most Maternal Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Be Avoided

22 February 2010

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Assisting Pregnant Women in Haiti as Risk to Babies Rises

04 February 2010

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

03 February 2010

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Two African Beauty Queens on a Mission to End Obstetric Fistula

Frances Tekyi Mensah, aka Miss Ghana@50, travels to villages and towns throughout her country to raise awareness about obstetric fistula and to improve the lives of women with this devastating injury of childbearing. Photo:UNFPA Ghana.

24 January 2010

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Delivering into Chaos: UNFPA Rushes Reproductive Health Supplies to Haiti

25 January 2010

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Midwifery and Nursing Schools Destroyed by Haiti Earthquake

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.

22 January 2010

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Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City

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.

20 January 2010

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Waiting to Give Birth Among Rubble and Disaster Victims

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

16 January 2010

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