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Keys to Improving Maternal Health: Education, Resources and Community Partnerships

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin at the CSW panel on the reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity and empowerment of women.

02 March 2011

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Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula

Dr. Hamlin during her interview at UNFPA on 14 February 2011

02 March 2011

Press Release

UNFPA Joins Women Deliver in Saluting 100 Individuals Making a Difference for Girls and Women

08 March 2011

News

Congo/Women Projected on Façade of Nobel Peace Centre

The faces of women who have survived sexual violance used as a tactic of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo were projected on the facade of Nobel Peace Center is Oslo.

11 February 2011

News

New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet

Although her life war shattered by her fistula. Rebecca Mambweni has been able to put the pieces back again with the help of a training programme.

11 February 2011

News

Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania

Some of the participating artists inthe workshop. Photo: UNFPA/Tanzania

09 February 2011

News

New Video on Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines

14 January 2011

News

State of World’s Midwifery: New Report to Document Birth Attendance in 60 Countries

A corps of skilled midwives, like these who were trained through a UNFPA-supported programme in Darfur, are key to improving pregnancy outcomes. Photo: Torr Svenson.

13 January 2011

News

Providing Support to Sudanese Returning Home to Vote

Most of returnees of Southern Sudan are expected to relocate to cities of the region rather than resettle in their traditional villages, which lack roads and health services. Photo :Silje Heitmann.

10 January 2011

News

One Year after the Earthquake, Haiti’s Recovery Proceeds Slowly

With deliveries peaking in the year after the earthquake, UNFPA and partners are working to restore comprehensive care for mothers and their newborns. Photo : Lynsey Addario.

10 January 2011

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