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13 October 2014
Contact Tracers Save Lives in Sierra Leone
25 year-old woman Hassanatu Kanu contracted the deadly Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in Mabora village, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. Port Loko District is in the Northern…
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25 September 2014
UNFPA donates motorcycle ambulances to save lives of women and children in rural Guinea-Bissau
UNFPA is supporting the Guinea Bissau ministry of Health in finding a solution to cut time short between isolated areas and health centers: a motorcycle pulling a small ambulance.
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23 September 2014
Press Release
Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September – “With significant investments in the education of young girls, sexual and reproductive health for youth and adolescents, as well as women…
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23 September 2014
World Leaders Commit to Intensify Efforts to Realize Women’s Health, Rights, Equality
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September 2014—More than 140 presidents, heads of government, ministers and high officials from around the world today reaffirmed their countries’…
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20 September 2014
Investing in Young People to Harness Africa’s Demographic Dividend
Different issues will be competing for the attention of different African leaders attending the 69th United Nations General Assembly Special Session on International Conference on…
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16 September 2014
UNFPA to Promote Rights of Women, Young People, as World Marks 1994 Cairo Population Conference during UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, New York—The health and rights of women and young people, particularly girls, will be the focus of various events that will be held during the 69th regular session…
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19 August 2014
Liberia: UNFPA to assist 660,000 people in Ebola affected areas
Lofa County, in northern Liberia is the epicenter of the EVD. However, sporadic spread is beginning to be almost in every county. In order to eradicate Ebola from the country, on…
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11 August 2014
Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone – In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and contagious haemorrhagic disease. By the end of July, the country had surpassed…
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06 August 2014
UNFPA Reaffirms Support to Population Program in Nigeria
UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, visited Nigeria from 29 July to 2 August 2014 and met with President Goodluck Jonathan and Ministers of Health, Finance,…
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