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Innovative Partnership to Deliver Convenient Contraceptives to Some Three Million Women

12 July 2012

In the News

Madagascar: A Decaying Health Sector

22 May 2012

Many Malagasy health care workers have moved to cities and better paying jobs. Photo: <a href="http://www.irinnews.org/photo.aspx">Guy Oliver/IRIN</a>

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Congo: Responding to Survivors of Deadly Explosion

16 May 2012

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Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

22 May 2012

In the past, almost all Somali girls were cut.  But the Joint Programme aims to change that for the next generation

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Ethiopia Accelerates Training of Midwives

15 May 2012

Some of the first graduates of the Accelerated Midwifery Programme at Shashemene Health Science College take an oath to strive to ensure that no woman should die giving life and no child would be born with HIV.

Those Moms Who Need a Boost on Mothers Day

14 May 2012

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So Many Mouths to Feed: Addressing High Fertility in Famine-Stricken Somalia

02 April 2012

Somali women in the Dabke camp wait to receive supplemental food for their children.Photo: Dominic Nahr/ Magnum Photos

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Talking Census Under the Baobob Tree

16 March 2012

A group of local men, UNFPA representatives and statisticians discuss the country's upcoming census under the shade of the baobab tree.

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Two UNFPA Projects for Men Selected as Part of the 'Women Deliver 50'

08 March 2012

Niger's Schools for Husbands was voted for one of 'Women Deliver 50' top projects for women

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Saving Women’s Lives in Rural Ethiopia by Task-Shifting Procedures to Clinicians

01 March 2012

The first graduates of Ayder Hospital's Master's programme in Integrated Emergency Surgery and Obstetrics, who will now be able to provide emergency obstetric care and fill some of the gaps in care, especially in rural areas. Photo: UNFPA Ethiopia

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