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23 May 2013 - 23 May 2013
Global
Statement on the Occasion of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary General and UNFPA Executive Director
23 May 2013
An estimated 2 to 3 million women and girls in developing countries are living with obstetric fistula, a condition that has been virtually eliminated in industrialized nations.
Obstetric fistula is preventable and in most cases treatable, and yet more than 50,000 new cases develop each year.
5 May 2013 - 5 May 2013
Global
Joint Statement - United Nations Population Fund and the International Confederation of Midwives
Skilled midwives, with the equipment and support they need, can spell the difference between life and death for close to 300,000 women each year, and ten times that many infants.
10 December 2012 - 2 December 2014
Global
Human Rights Day 2012
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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