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02 July 2015
Ebola prompts efforts to boost condom use in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia – “I am HIV-positive, and I am sure I acquired the virus through sexual contact,” said Stephen McGill, of the group Stop AIDS in Liberia, at the launch of a…
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31 May 2015
School campaign aims to help Côte d’Ivoire reap demographic dividend
DAKAR, Senegal – "I knew I was pregnant, but I talked to my classmate, not my parents or my teachers,” said Amina, 18, a student in Daoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. “My parents were very…
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29 May 2015
UNFPA restores health and dignity of rescued girls in Nigeria
Yola, May 18, 2015 - After the trauma of being forcefully captured from their homes, starved almost to death and violently abused by their abductors, victims of the Boko Haram…
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28 May 2015
Safeguarding the Dignity and Health of the Women and Children Rescued from the Boko Haram
Nigeria, 09 May 2015 – The Makohi camp in Yola, Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria is home to the 275 women and children who were recently rescued from the Sambisa forest – the…
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05 May 2015
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Nigeria: UNFPA provides immediate support to women and girls rescued from Boko Haram
2 May 2015. Over 400 women and children held by Boko Haram armed group were reported to have been rescued by the Nigerian army at the end of April. UNFPA country office in Nigeria…
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16 April 2015
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Benin: UNFPA supports the improvement of family planning services
On 8 April, UNFPA donated to the Ministry of Health of Benin a batch of equipment and medicines worth more than 883 million CFA (equivalent USD 1,500,000) in order to improve the…
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30 March 2015
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African Ministers and partners underscored need for immediate action to harness the Demographic Dividend for the African Union Agenda 2063
Addis Ababa, 29 March 2015.Ministers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, and South Africa who spoke at the half-day High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Harnessing the Demographic…
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16 October 2015
Press Release
African Ministers and partners underscored need for immediate action to harness the Demographic Dividend for the African Union Agenda 2063
Africa who spoke at the half-day High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend for Agenda 2063 underscored the need to take concrete and immediate actions…
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24 March 2015
Chad: National Campaign to End Child Marriage Takes off
The national campaign to end child marriage - “All together, let’s put an end to the Marriage of Children” - was launched on 14 March 2015 at the Presidential Palace under the…
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