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19 May 2014
Senegal releases preliminary census results in record time thanks to UNFPA support
Senegal has 12,873,601 inhabitants in 2013. For the first time in the history of census in Senegal, preliminary data are available in a record time of three months. This speed in…
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14 May 2014
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Families matter for the achievement of development goals
Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened…
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07 May 2014
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Abduction of Nigerian girls demands global response
Today more than 200 school girls will wake up to another day in an unthinkable nightmare. Three weeks ago, they were seized in the night by armed men dressed as soldiers who said…
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06 May 2014
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United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives
GENEVA / NEW YORK | 6 May 2014 – New United Nations* data show a 45% reduction in maternal deaths since 1990. An estimated 289, 000 women died in 2013 due to complications in…
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30 April 2014
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Concerted efforts required to scale up midwifery skills
Globally, in the past two decades, maternal death has declined by nearly half. In the same period, skilled birth attendance has increased by 15 per cent, with two out of three…
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25 April 2014
Ivorian government and UNFPA tackle teenage pregnancy in schools
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire – Faced with the alarming number of pregnancies recorded among students in primary and secondary schools, more than 5000 cases in 2013 alone, the Ivorian…
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17 April 2014
UN accelerates progress in reproductive, maternal and child health in Guinea Bissau
Bissau, Guinea – Bissau - Five United Nations agencies are implementing together the H4+ Initiative , with funding from the Swedish Development Agency (SIDA), to accelerate…
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17 April 2014
Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth
United Nations, New York – The growing number of young people in Africa could offer enormous potential gains to the continent, but only if their needs are met and their rights are…
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08 April 2014
How has the world changed in the last 20 years?
United Nations, New York – Twenty years ago, in 1994, the international community gathered in Cairo to explore how the world was changing and how those changes were affecting the…
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