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03 June 2014
Press Release
Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (3 June 2014) – A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the…
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28 May 2014
News
Why ending child marriage in Africa can no longer wait
Just 17 years old, Clarisse is already a mother of two, who lives with her husband and his four other wives in rural southern Chad. Three years earlier, she had watched her mom…
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28 May 2014
Chad marked international day to end obstetric fistula
To achieve our goals and better perform in terms of prevention, care and regular monitoring of obstetric fistula, there are no miracle solutions than to change the way we think…
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23 May 2014
Statement
Tracking Fistula – Transforming Lives
The theme of this year’s International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, “Tracking Fistula – Transforming Lives,” reflects an important step forward in eradicating this preventable…
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21 May 2014
Providing Support for the Chibok Girls and their Families
As I have stated before, I was shocked and appalled by the abduction of 276 young girls in Chibok in the north of Nigeria from the safety of their school. These girls are our…
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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
Statement
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
News
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
News
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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