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Building the future now

24 January 2014
Participants talked about the importance of UNFPA-supported thematic funds—the Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), the Maternal Health Thematic Trust Fund (MTHF), the Unified Budget and Results Accountability Framework (UBRAF), and the UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C—at national level. Country-focused approaches, quick response and support were mentioned as important assets leading to positive changes in the area of health.
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African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

28 January 2013
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Special Needs of Women and Young People Highlighted at AIDS Meeting

10 June 2011
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Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

01 August 2014
A woman rests with her newborn at a birthing centre outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo credit: UNFPA Turkmenistan
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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

28 July 2014
Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA
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In South Sudan, opposition to family planning exacerbates reproductive health needs

30 July 2014
A pregnant women receives antenatal care at a UNFPA clinic in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. The country has too few health professionals to meet women's reproductive health needs.Photo credit: Tim McKulka/UNFPA
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UNFPA Alarmed Over Devastating Impact of Gaza Violence on Women, Girls

25 July 2014
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Health needs escalate as crisis in Gaza continues

24 July 2014
<p>On 12 July, smoke rises from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. <i>Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-0909/El Baba</i> </p>
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Young people key in the fight against HIV

21 July 2014
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore speaks to young people at the 'coolibah' networking zone for youth at the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: UNFPA
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In Niger, empowering girls to take a stand against child marriage

21 July 2014
<p>Girls participate in a mentoring session in Niamey, part of the Action for Adolescent Girls initiative, in June 2014. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Satvika Chalasani</i> </p>
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