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New study finds that dramatic reductions in maternal and newborn deaths are within reach
Targeted Investments Can Also Radically Reduce Unintended Pregnancies and Unsafe Abortion and Lower Poverty Levels NEW YORK - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 per cent...
Adding it Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health
This report builds on prior work to provide up-to-date estimates of the costs and benefits of family planning and maternal and newborn health services. When Adding It Up was first published in 2003,...
Botswana + 3 more
UN report: Data shows progress needed on HIV testing and treatment for children and mothers
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ BARCELONA 30 November 2009 - National efforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected...
Pour une génération sans sida : Progresser dans le dépistage et le traitement du VIH chez les enfants et les mères
NEW YORK/GENEVE 30 novembre 2009- Les efforts nationaux de lutte contre le sida, en particulier ceux déployés pour prévenir la transmission du virus de la mère à l'enfant, montrent des résultats...
Perú: Fortalecimiento y preparación de los centros de salud materno-infantiles de la Dirección Regional de Salud Lambayeque frente al Fenómeno El Niño 2009-2010
Justificación del proyecto El Perú históricamente está expuesto a fenómenos naturales, y muchos de ellos han determinado cambios en las formas de vida de nuestras culturas ancestrales y en la...
Country on the move: Rwanda's family planning efforts begin to pay off
Although the country lost much of its health personnel and infrastructure as a result of the genocide that shattered the country 15 years ago, Rwanda has brought its health care system back to life...
Africa: Population and Development Ministers recommit to full implementation of ICPD Programme of Action
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 23 October 2009 - African ministers responsible for population and development have re-committed themselves to fully implement the 20-year Programme of Action of the...
Indonesia + 5 more
UNFPA responds to multiple disasters in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, 8 October 2009 - Following the recent series of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is providing humanitarian assistance in affected...
New initiative to address sexual violence against girls launched at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York
Collaboration among leading public and private sector organizations formed to bring international attention to this Injustice NEW YORK, 25 September 2009 - The Centers for Disease Control and...
Afghanistan + 5 more
Consultation on sexual and reproductive health in protracted crises and recovery
A key forum aimed at finding ways to meet the long neglected sexual and reproductive health needs of people affected by protracted crises, such as conflicts, will be held 28-30 September in Granada,...
Nouvelle initiative s'attaquant à la violence sexuelle contre les filles lancée lors de la réunion annuelle à New York de la Clinton Global Initiative
Démarrage d'une collaboration entre des organisations de premier plan du secteur public et du secteur privé pour attirer l'attention de la communauté internationale sur cette injustice NEW YORK, NY,...
Sri Lanka: UN Population Fund opens family health clinics in Manik Farm
COLOMBO, 22nd September 2009 - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in collaboration with the Family Health Bureau of the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition and the Family Planning...
Benin + 9 more
Putting the needs of young people into action plans: Technical workshop opens in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda - Experts in adolescent reproductive health from ten African countries converged here today to share information and harmonize programming that can improve the lives of young people. ...
Afghanistan + 3 more
Do more to save mothers' lives, South Asian lawmakers urge
KATHMANDU - Reducing maternal deaths should be a higher priority for South Asian governments, agreed parliamentarians, policy makers and journalists from the region at a conference here today on...
Burkina Faso + 5 more
Finding ways to deliver for women where doctors are in short supply
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Across most of sub-Saharan Africa, there are fewer than five doctors for every 100,000 people. Each year 20,000 health professionals leave their posts to pursue jobs in urban...
Executive Director's message for World Population Day 2009
Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director Today, as we commemorate World Population Day, the global financial and economic crisis threatens to reverse hard-won gains in education and...
UNFPA and Iraq agree to further partnership on national development
Baghdad, 6 July 2009 -- A series of high-level meetings between Iraqi officials and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) executives just concluded in Baghdad to further strategic partnership on...
Australia supports UN Population Fund in providing health care for displaced Sri Lankan women
COLOMBO, 15th June 2009 - The Australian Government will donate US$383,400 (AUD 500,000) to support efforts by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to meet the health needs of thousands of...
Camp clinics give displaced Pakistani women lifesaving pregnancy care
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 9 June 2009 - Growing numbers of pregnant women uprooted by conflict in the North-West Frontier Province are receiving essential medical care at facilities set up by UNFPA, the...