<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong>— A new thematic fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth.</p>

<p> <strong>DAKAR, Senegal —</strong> As tens of thousands of people flee the ongoing violence in Chad, concerns are being raised by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for the health and safety of expectant mothers and their children. </p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is providing urgently needed medical equipment and supplies to the thousands of people displaced by political violence in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as well as affected areas in other parts of the country, including Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu and Mombasa.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — 2007 was another record year for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in terms of the financial support it has received from the international community.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>BRASILIA</strong>—Experts from around the world met here this week to highlight the importance of including persons with disabilities—particularly their right to sexual and reproductive health—in national policies and programmes around the world.</p>

<p align="left">UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, mourns the loss of three of its staff members and all persons who died as a result of Tuesday’s bombing in Algiers.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, Geneva/New York</strong> — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting that international donors contribute $38 million for projects to address the urgent reproductive health needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and others in 24 countries affected by conflict or natural disaster.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — In response to needs generated by the cyclone that hit Bangladesh in mid-November, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is distributing 40 delivery kits to 40 upazilla, or subdistrict health facilities, which take care of pregnant women.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>BRUSSELS</strong> – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has been named the beneficiary of the 2007 ‘Europeans of the Year’ awards gala held at the Palais d'Egmont Tuesday 27 November.</p>

<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and ‘compensation’ marriages are the five underreported stories compiled by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for 2007.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and ‘compensation’ marriages are the five underreported stories compiled by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for 2007.</p>

<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — New data released by UNAIDS, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, show that prevention programmes specifically targeting youth appear to be behind the decline in HIV prevalence in key countries.</p>