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18 March 2015
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Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu
SUVA, Fiji/UNITED NATIONS, Bangkok – Four days after Cyclone Pam cut a path of destruction across Vanuatu, the full scale of the devastation has yet to be determined. The Category…
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17 March 2015
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Stepping up efforts to support cyclone-hit Vanuatu
BANGKOK, Thailand - As the government of Vanuatu assesses the devastation wrought by Cylone Pam, UNFPA and other UN agencies and partners are supporting the Pacific island-nation…
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17 March 2015
Press Release
UNFPA ensuring reproductive health coverage for women and girls in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam
SUVA, Fiji - The United Nations Population Fund Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO) has committed up to $35 million VATU and will provide essential emergency reproductive health…
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13 March 2015
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In disasters, women are the backbone of resilience
In disasters, women are the backbone of resilience by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
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10 March 2015
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Health systems’ resilience, women’s crucial role during disasters, to be focus of UNFPA side event at Sendai
UNITED NATIONS, Bangkok – The need for resilient health systems capable of delivering quality sexual and reproductive health, and the crucial role of women in reducing disaster…
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08 March 2015
Statement
Message on International Women’s Day: Beijing at 20
During the past 20 years, we have witnessed remarkable advances in promoting the human rights and dignity of women and girls and their full and equal participation in society.
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05 March 2015
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Going the last mile to provide family planning in Lao PDR
VIENTIANE, Lao People's Democratic Republic – “If only my wife and I knew early enough about family planning and could access services, we would have had four children – not 14,…
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01 March 2015
Professional midwives set to improve maternal and child health in Bangladesh
DINAJPUR, Bangladesh - The stairwells of the Dinajpur Nursing Institute are bustling with midwives-in-training hurrying to their classes in this northern district of Bangladesh…
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20 February 2015
Midwives help lower Afghanistan's towering maternal death rate
KABUL, Afghanistan – Boosting the ranks of midwives has helped to lower Afghanistan’s towering maternal and newborn death rates, a new report shows.
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