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Coordinating Humanitarian Relief in the Rubble of Super Typhoon Haiyan

calendar_today27 November 2013

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Saving Mothers' and Babies' Lives in Democratic Republic of the Congo

calendar_today20 November 2013

<i>Photo:</i> <i> <span>&copy;</span> Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i>
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Birth Every Two Minutes Strains Typhoon Haiyan Aid Work

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If Childbirth Isn't Hard Enough, Add an Earthquake and a Typhoon

calendar_today15 November 2013

<p>A pregnant mother overlooks the ruins of Tacloban City after Category 5 Typhoon Haiyan left central Philippines almost completely flattened. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Philippines</i> </p>

National Public Radio (NPR) – NPR talks with Dr. Angelito Umali, maternal health officer for UNFPA in the Philippines, who is on the island province of Bohol. The UNFPA is addressing maternal health concerns following the October 15 earthquake that destroyed much of Bohol, and added complications brought on by Typhoon Haiyan.

Listen to the complete interview with NPR host Audie Cornish for All Things Considered.

Press release

World Bank Group, UNFPA, Pledge to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Africa’s Sahel Region

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News

A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

calendar_today06 November 2013

Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA
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News

State of World Population 2013 Launches Worldwide

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Press release

More than 7 Million Girls in Poor Countries Give Birth Before 18 Each Year, Finds New UNFPA Report

calendar_today30 October 2013

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News

Graduating Health Pioneers in the World’s Youngest Country

calendar_today21 October 2013

<p>Newly graduated midwives and nurses celebrate as they obtain their diplomas from the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan. <i>Photo: &copy; UNFPA/South Sudan</i> </p>
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In the News

Too Young to Wed: Indian Girls Say No to Child Marriage

calendar_today14 October 2013

<p>"If I would get married it would not feel good," says Naaku Maayida, 15. "With marriage, children happen, I would have to do the home chores, I would have to fetch water. My parents were illiterate when they had kids." <i>Photo &copy; Stephanie Sinclair/VII/Tooyoungtowed.org</i> </p>
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