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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

08 August 2014
UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq
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Ugandan youth push for increased access to reproductive health services

05 August 2014
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin speaks with youth about increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services. Photo credit: UNFPA Uganda
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UNFPA to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Services for Millions of Adolescent Girls in Africa

02 August 2013
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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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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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