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05 May 2015
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International Day of the Midwife: Celebrating the work of midwives in Asia-Pacific and around the world
Midwives – and people with midwifery skills – are the main caregivers for women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and in the post-delivery…
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05 May 2015
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International Day of the Midwife in earthquake-shattered Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal – This year’s International Day of the Midwife in Nepal comes at an especially poignant time, a little more than a week after the devastating April…
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30 April 2015
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New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake
UNITED NATIONS, New York/BUNGMATI, Nepal – Needs are quickly escalating in Nepal, in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake. The most recent UN estimates indicate…
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28 April 2015
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Tens of thousands of pregnant women affected by Nepal quake
New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake UNITED NATIONS, New York – The toll of deaths and injuries continues to mount days after a devastating 7…
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25 April 2015
Statement
Earthquake in Nepal: Statement by the Executive Director
On behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, I express our deepest sympathy to the people and Government of Nepal following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck…
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25 April 2015
Press Release
UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional and Nepal Country Offices Pledge Urgent Support for Earthquake-devastated Nepal
BANGKOK, Thailand/KATHMANDU, Nepal - The UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office is working with our Nepal Country Office and colleagues across the United Nations Population Fund to…
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22 April 2015
Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery
UNFPA-supported centre providing assistance to survivors of gender-based violence
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01 April 2015
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Meeting reproductive health needs in the wake of Cyclone Pam
PORT VILA, Vanuatu – “We lost everything. All the clothes – gone,” Anna Naual said at an aid post in Fresh Wind Ohlem, a settlement near Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila. The single…
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22 March 2015
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Cyclone Pam cripples sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu
PORT VILA, Vanuatu/SUVA, Fiji – Sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and antenatal care, urgently need to be restored in Vanuatu following the…
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