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African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

20 September 2016
World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye
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As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

16 September 2016
A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano
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Young people take the lead against Zika in Brazil

15 September 2016
Young members of REPROTAI, a UNFPA-supported youth organization, head to the Lobato neighbourhood of Salvador. They are raising awareness of how to prevent the spread of Zika. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida
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Refugees’ and migrants’ reproductive health needs overlooked

14 September 2016
Global leaders are set to meet next week at the first-ever Summit on Migrants and Refugees. At stake are the rights, health and well-being of hundreds of millions of migrants and tens of millions of refugees. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab
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“One-stop shop” brings life-saving HIV care, reproductive health to Botswana’s women

07 September 2016
Rose Matuulane, 24, with one of her children. She is able to access antenatal care, cervical cancer screening, HIV testing and family planning counselling all in the same clinic visit. © UNFPA Botswana/Nchidzi Smarts
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Once frowned on, family planning offers a lifeline in South Sudan

31 August 2016
UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options. © UNFPA/Annette Poni
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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

31 August 2016
Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

29 August 2016
A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

26 August 2016
A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers
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