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Goodwill Ambassador Visits Fistula Ward in Tanzania

22 February 2010

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Most Maternal Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Be Avoided

22 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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Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in Southern Ethiopia

A nurse supervisor training health extension workers on contraceptive insertion. Photo : Abraham Gelaw/UNFPA.

11 January 2010

News

Joint Programme Aims to Scale Up Efforts on Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia

07 January 2010

News

Funding Gaps, High Fertility and Child Marriage Thwart Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality in DRC

Pregnency remains dangerous in the DRC. Four women die there every hour from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Photo:Micah Albert

06 January 2010

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Family Planning is Helping to Save Mothers' Lives in Guinea-Bissau

28 December 2009

News

Shelter from the Storm: Escaping from Gender Violence in Ethiopia

Talkwando training builds confidence of women who seek refuge at the shelter and gives them skills to defend themselves.

07 December 2009

News

Country on the Move: Rwanda’s Family Planning Efforts Begin to Pay Off

Women at the Muhura health post are eager to talk about why they like being able to plan their families. Photo: Janet Jensen

11 November 2009

Press Release

Population Fund Sends Emergency Safe Motherhood Supplies for Zimbabwe Cyclone Victims

14 March 2000

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