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MAMA: Using Text Messaging to Protect Maternal Health in Times of Crisis

21 April 2011

Through the Mama project, humanitarian health workers are able to seek out advice that can save mothers and newborns through test messaging.

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Empowering Women and Girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo

19 April 2011

Sensitizing men and boys to the importance of gender and reproductive health issues is part of Yvette Molongo's work. Photo: IMA World Health.

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Displaced Once Again: Many Third-Country Nationals Have Fled Libya

31 March 2011

UNFPA's immediate response to the Libyan crisis was supply reproductive health kit and hygiene supplies to the Choucha Camp and other areas where refugees are crossing the border. Photo: UNFPA/Tunisia.

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Invest in Health, UNFPA Executive Director Urges African Ministers

28 March 2011

Executive Director addressing Ministerial Conference.

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Mission to Nigeria, Africa's Largest Country

25 March 2011

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and Hajia Amina Az Zubair, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs

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UNFPA Launches New Four-Year Development Plan in Iraq

21 March 2011

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Advancing the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health

17 March 2011

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Learning About the Needs of Adolescents in Emergency Situations through a Mission to Loucria

16 March 2011

Screenshot from the online course Photo: UNFPA

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Liberia Launches Ambitious Five-Year Plan to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths

09 March 2011

Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women and former President of Chile, left, shares a moment with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, right at the launch. Photo:Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation.

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Keys to Improving Maternal Health: Education, Resources and Community Partnerships

02 March 2011

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin at the CSW panel on the reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity and empowerment of women.

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