News

Cultural and Human Rights Dimensions of Family Planning in Mozambique

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Many couples in Mozambique have large families -- but better knowledge and access to voluntary family planning is helping to reduce the risk to women's health. Photo: UNFPA/Mozambique/Pedro Sa da Bandeira
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Scaling-up Access to Long-term Family Planning Methods in Northern Ethiopia

calendar_today20 September 2011

Ethiopiua's ambitious Health Extension Worker Programme is delivering reproductive health choices to women in their communities, including , more options for long-term, voluntary family planning.
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News

Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

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While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom kept Fereshta, like many women in Afghanistan, from seeking timely emergency obstetric care. Photo:UNFPA/Afghanistan/Zubaida Akbar
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News

Leaders and Health Ministers Strategize Ways to Improve Community-level Access to Maternal Health

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News

High-level Meeting Highlights the Importance of a Secure and Reliable Supply of Contraceptives

calendar_today07 September 2011

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News

UNFPA Executive Director Promises More Support for the Women and Youth of Dadaab

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Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin listening to some of the new arrivals in Dadaab. Photo: Roar Sorensen.
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Press release

Somalia: Cholera Puts Mothers and their Children at Risk

calendar_today19 August 2011

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News

Heeding the Call: A Tunisian Midwife Becomes a Humanitarian Worker

calendar_today19 August 2011

When a humanitarian crisis erupted near her town, Bochra Ben Teib found that her midwifery skills were in high demand.
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In the News

Chief of UNFPA Pledges to Strengthen Support for Afghan Maternal, Newborn Health

calendar_today16 August 2011

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News

Eliminating Maternal Deaths from Unsafe Abortion in Uruguay

calendar_today18 August 2011

Ana Labandera, midwife in the sexual and reproduction health service of Inciativas Sanitarias during a counseling session . Photo : Iniciatiavas Sanitarias
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