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• Let's put an end to this grave global injustice

  21 May 2013

  An estimated 2 to 3 million women and girls in developing countries are living with obstetric fistula, a condition that has been virtually eliminated in industrialized nations. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary General and UNFPA Executive Director, writes on what needs to be done.

• Meeting on post-shipping condom testing produces results

  16 May 2013

  UNFPA held a workshop for the regional economic commissions (RECs) and national regulatory authorities in the region to build concensus on the post-shipping testing of condoms, in Johannesburg from 23-24 April. The aim was to determine progress made to date in distributing a position paper and implementing its recommendations, as well as to discuss the harmonization of quality assurance for reproductive health commodities (RHC).

• Sophia, 20, wounded for life by pregnancy and childbirth

  13 May 2013

  TULÉAR, Madagascar — In Madagascar, too many women still die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, or end up severely disabled. The country has reduced maternal mortality since 1990; however, the ratio remains high and is currently at 498 per 100,000 live births.
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