News

New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet

11 February 2011
Although her life war shattered by her fistula. Rebecca Mambweni has been able to put the pieces back again with the help of a training programme.
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Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania

09 February 2011
Some of the participating artists inthe workshop. Photo: UNFPA/Tanzania
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New Video on Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines

14 January 2011
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State of World’s Midwifery: New Report to Document Birth Attendance in 60 Countries

13 January 2011
A corps of skilled midwives, like these who were trained through a UNFPA-supported programme in Darfur, are key to improving pregnancy outcomes. Photo: Torr Svenson.
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Providing Support to Sudanese Returning Home to Vote

10 January 2011
Most of returnees of Southern Sudan are expected to relocate to cities of the region rather than resettle in their traditional villages, which lack roads and health services. Photo :Silje Heitmann.
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One Year after the Earthquake, Haiti’s Recovery Proceeds Slowly

10 January 2011
With deliveries peaking in the year after the earthquake, UNFPA and partners are working to restore comprehensive care for mothers and their newborns. Photo : Lynsey Addario.
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Press release

UNFPA Welcomes Extension of ICPD Programme of Action Beyond 2014

22 December 2010
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UNFPA’s Work to Save Mothers’ Lives Featured in New Series on Global Health

16 December 2010
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Preventing Cervical Cancer, a Leading Cause of Women’s Death in Many Developing Countries

04 December 2010
Cervical cancer, which is preventable are treatable remains a leading cause of death for women of reproductive age in many countries. Photo: UNFPA Bolivia.
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Press release

New UNFPA—Millennium Villages Project Partnership To Help Improve Maternal Health in Africa

13 December 2010
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