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‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

calendar_today20 April 2011

Pupils of School for Husbands' become guides and role models within their own family and among others in the community.
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  • Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

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Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

calendar_today07 April 2009

Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.
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  • Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

calendar_today30 October 2013

<p>At 16, Tod is expecting her second child.&nbsp;With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. <i>Photo&copy;UNFPA AsiaPacific</i> </p>
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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

calendar_today26 August 2010

Maria Victoria Urquizo(15) was raped by a co-worker when she was 14 years old. Now she lives with her baby girl at her brother's house. Photo: Trygve Olfarnes/UNFPA.
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  • Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

calendar_today26 August 2014

Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
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  • Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

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Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

calendar_today29 October 2013

<p>Two young girls recount their experiences as adolescent mothers in Morocco in an effort to raise awareness about the challenges of adolescent pregnancy. They are wearing masks to remain anonymous and avoid stigma. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA/Morocco</i> </p>
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“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

calendar_today30 October 2013

<p>Arnela, 18, bottle-feeds her 18-month old daughter in her pram while Sabrina, 17 (left), cradles her 28-day old son on her lap. <i>Photo &copy; Jason D. Jones / UNFPA</i> </p>
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  • Conducting a Social, Demographic and Economic Survey of Afghanistan

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Conducting a Social, Demographic and Economic Survey of Afghanistan

calendar_today29 June 2012

Training enumerators is one of many steps in the complex process of data collection.
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  • A mother in Zimbabwe delivers four “miracle” babies

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A mother in Zimbabwe delivers four “miracle” babies

calendar_today29 December 2014

Nurse Langelisha Zamisa (left) and Elizabeth Moyana (right) hold Ms. Moyana's quadruplets at Chiredzi General Hospital.© UNFPA Zimbabwe/Stewart Muchapera
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UN calls for intensified efforts to end fistula

calendar_today23 December 2014

Fistula survivors who have recently received treatment now participate in a livelihood programme in National Center for Fistula Treatment, N'Djamena, Chad. The programme aims to successfully reintegrate survivors into their communities. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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