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19 December 2012
Press Release
South Asian Partners Review Commitments to End Child Marriage
Every three seconds another girl becomes a child bride. Every three seconds another childhood stands violated. Coerced or too young to even understand its implications, every…
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17 December 2012
Press Release
Asia-Pacific Countries Agree to Strengthen Statistics Systems
BANGKOK (ESCAP) - Leading statisticians and senior officials from 41 Asian and Pacific countries agreed to ambitious steps to improve environment and social statistics, critical…
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10 December 2012
Press Release
UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon
In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two hardest-hit provinces in…
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10 December 2012
News
Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers’ Lives in Tibet
A “village doctor” from a remote region is trained to ensure that no woman dies from giving life.
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06 December 2012
News
‘I’m So Happy to be Completely Cured’
UNFPA Cambodia has partnered with the Children's Surgical Centre since 2009 to provide free treatment services to almost 30 women who had suffered silently for decades from…
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30 November 2012
Statement
Getting to Zero - World AIDS Day 2012
There is much to celebrate this World AIDS Day with AIDS-related deaths declining globally and a 60 per cent increase over the last two years in the number of people accessing…
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25 November 2012
Statement
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
This year, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the impact of ongoing conflicts and…
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14 November 2012
Press Release
Additional Investments in Family Planning Would Save Developing Countries More Than $11 Billion a Year
LONDON – Making voluntary family planning available to everyone in developing countries would reduce costs for maternal and newborn health care by $11.3 billion annually,…
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31 October 2012
News
Sri Lanka's 7 Billion Baby Celebrates Her First Birthday
Muthumali, the symbolic 7 billion baby in Sri Lanka, turned 1 on 31 October. Muthumali was born at 12.01am on 31 October 2011, the day world population reached 7 billion. This…
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