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11 April 2012
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Climbing Kilimanjaro to protest violence against women

This article was written by UNFPA Tanzania Communications Analyst, Sawiche Wamunza, about her climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania along with 72... Read more

10 April 2012
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Preventing maternal deaths from severe after-birth bleeding

The Guardian. Thursday, 5 April 2012. By Chukwuma Muanya. A UNITED Nations (UN) Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in... Read more

2 April 2012
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South Sudan gets $19.5 million for midwifery programmes

JUBA — UNFPA in South Sudan is to receive 19.5 million Canadian Dollars in funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a... Read more

23 March 2012
Press Release

UN launches Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children

NEW YORK, 23 March 2012 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNICEF today launched a high-level commission to improve access to... Read more

19 March 2012
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Providing reproductive health kits for South Sudan refugees

JUBA — In response to the strained humanitarian situation in South Sudan, UNFPA handed over reproductive health kits to the United Nations Refugee... Read more

19 March 2012
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UNFPA equips nursing and midwifery college in South Sudan

JUBA — The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA in South Sudan congratulated South Sudan’s Minister of Health and the partners involved in building... Read more

24 February 2012
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Emotions high as cutters denounce FGM

AMUDAT, Uganda — It was a moment filled with emotion, that hot and sunny afternoon in a little village of Amudat, north-east Uganda. A group of... Read more

2 February 2012
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South Sudan's health professionals given scholarships

JUBA, South Sudan — Nine health professionals from South Sudan have been selected to participate in a one-year scholarship to gain additional skills... Read more

12 December 2011
Press Release

UNFPA launches Condomize Campaign in Addis Ababa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 6 December 2011 — The UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and its partners on Monday launched its Condomize Campaign to... Read more

14 November 2011
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A small boy with a potent message

Malawi — He emerged at 3 a.m., unaware of the significance of his birth in a hospital in Malawi’s Mangochi district. The boy, born to Mayamiko... Read more

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