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04 May 2022
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Global health systems must invest in midwives
When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife Shakila Parvin who, in knee-high water, delivered twins to a hypertensive mother and stabilized her…
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19 April 2022
Press Release
Ghana to host a high-level delegation to advance equity for People of African Descent
A high-level forum will be held in Ghana as part of an initiative by the United Nations to advance the rights of people of African Descent by promoting recognition, justice and…
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08 April 2022
Statement
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Implementation of the new Strategic Plan 2022-2025 is currently underway. We took off with the vigor, energy and excitement needed to propel us to realize the three transformative…
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07 April 2022
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Experience of integrated service delivery with MSI's mobile clinics: Ms. Nathalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, visits the Keur Moussa Health Post
Dr. Natalia KANEM, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) visited and appreciated a mobile team providing integrated reproductive health and family…
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06 April 2022
News
Towards empowering girls and young people with disabilities
In order to support the government's efforts to achieve its commitments made in November 2019 at the International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi, the United…
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04 April 2022
Press Release
“Unintended pregnancies come at a cost – to individual women and girls, to their families and to societies.”
Senegal hosted the launch of the 2022 edition of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population (SWOP) report. The event was held at the Black Civilizations…
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30 March 2022
Press Release
Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended—a global crisis, says new UNFPA report ● War, humanitarian emergencies create conditions for unintended pregnancies to climb further
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year throughout the world, are unintended. For the women and girls affected, the most life-altering reproductive choice…
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24 March 2022
Press Release
“Cabo Verde’s progress in sexual and reproductive health must be amplified” says UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado
The Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Catarina Furtado, has commended Cabo Verde its significant progress in advancing sexual and reproductive…
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19 March 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Catarina Furtado, visits Cape Verde to support Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Equality and Human Rights
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Ms. Catarina Furtado, will visit Cabo Verde between 21st and 22nd March…
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