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Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

calendar_today18 June 2013

Sadiya (right) at the hospital with her mother.  Photo © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

calendar_today08 April 2010

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw

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UNFPA. Family Care International

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Living Testimony: Obstetric Fistula and Inequities in Maternal Health

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Quadruplets born in rural DRC, with help of emergency obstetric programme

calendar_today15 August 2014

Quadruplets born at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Niania, DRC. Photo credit: UNFPA DRC

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Multi-million Dollar Partnership for Sahel's Development to be Reinforced by African Governments, UN, World Bank

calendar_today18 September 2014

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Building the future now

calendar_today24 January 2014

Participants talked about the importance of UNFPA-supported thematic funds—the Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), the Maternal Health Thematic Trust Fund (MTHF), the Unified Budget and Results Accountability Framework (UBRAF), and the UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C—at national level. Country-focused approaches, quick response and support were mentioned as important assets leading to positive changes in the area of health.

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African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

calendar_today28 January 2013

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Fistula survivors treated through M-Pesa mobile banking scheme in Tanzania

calendar_today15 July 2014

Mama Hadija lived with obstetric fistula for over 25 years. But thanks to an innovative programme using the M-Pesa mobile banking system, she was able to undergo successful surgical treatment. Photo credit: Lisa Russell

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In southern Malawi, reaping the benefits of investing in adolescent girls

calendar_today14 July 2014

A girl who learned tailoring with the support of the UN Joint Programme for Adolescent Girls (JPAG) in Malawi shows off her latest work. Photo credit: UNFPA Malawi

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UN Secretary-General pledges support to reduce maternal death in Kenya

calendar_today06 July 2014

Siddharth Chatterjee, the UNFPA Representative in Kenya, met with the Kenyan First Lady in June to discuss advancing maternal health in the country. Photo credit: Office of the First Lady

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Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

Living Testimony: Obstetric Fistula and Inequities in Maternal Health

Quadruplets born in rural DRC, with help of emergency obstetric programme

Multi-million Dollar Partnership for Sahel's Development to be Reinforced by African Governments, UN, World Bank

Building the future now

African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

Fistula survivors treated through M-Pesa mobile banking scheme in Tanzania

In southern Malawi, reaping the benefits of investing in adolescent girls

UN Secretary-General pledges support to reduce maternal death in Kenya

Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

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