mar., 18 juin 2013 07:24:04 +0000 mar., 18 juin 2013 07:24:04 +0000 UNFPA Global News http://esaro.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund http://esaro.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif http://esaro.unfpa.org 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes Remembering girls who died from rape - 07 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14337;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 LIBERIA, Monrovia — Around the world, other countries were celebrating International Labour Day. But at the moving launch of a campaign against rape in Liberia – which included President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – the audience was in tears. Linking HIV and SRH services is working - 07 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14341;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 MOCHUDI, Botswana — Countries that are integrating their HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services are seeing an increase the use of contraception, an increase in HIV testing and a decrease in stigma and discrimination.This emerged at a ceremony to hand over medical equipment in Mochudi, Botswana, including colourful porta-cabins.   Address the challenges youths face, Swaziland PM urges - 05 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14324;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 Swaziland — Pay special attention to the needs of the youth and be realistic in addressing the challenges they face, Swaziland’s Prime Minister urged SADC ministers for youth at a meeting in Swaziland. “To leave school and be faced with unemployment and no light at the end of the tunnel, is not an encouraging way to enter adulthood,” Dr. Sibusiso Dlamini said. Sierra Leone launches teenage pregnancy strategy - 04 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14320;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 “Girls should be book carriers, not baby carriers. Girls should be studying at night, not changing nappies.”These were the words of the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, as he launched Sierra Leone’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy in a drive to end teen pregnancies in the country. UNFPA calls for more investment to save African women - 03 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14198;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin today called on the international community to “increase investment in maternal and newborn health” to prevent women from dying due to pregnancy-related causes in Africa. Fistula hostel brings hope in Eritrea - 03 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14301;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 MENDEFERA, Eritrea — With the support of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, the Minister of Health of the State of Eritrea opened a hostel for women with obstetric fistula on 18 April. Efforts to construct a hostel in in the city of Mendefera, 56 km south of the capital Asmara, began in December 2011 and led to the colourful inauguration ceremony. Let us end fistula in our lifetime - 03 June 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14197;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 Imagine living with a condition which forced you to change your wet, soiled clothes every few hours to try to hide your stench. Or which led to your family abandoning you or being shunned by your community. This is the reality of life for over two million women and girls suffering from obstetric fistula. Place people at heart of transformative development efforts - 31 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14190;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 UNITED NATIONS, New York, 30 May 2013 — Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomed the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda that was presented today to the United Nations Secretary-General.  UNFPA ED in unprecedented high-level visit to DR Congo - 30 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14181;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 DR Congo — An unprecedented high-level joint visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, including United Nations Population Fund Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, met the country’s President, Prime Minister and other high-level officials on 21 May. Tackling the health problems of female genital mutilation - 29 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14165;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 AFAR REGION, Ethiopia — Ten-year-old Sadiya Abubakar had been suffering from urine retention for a long time. What should have been a natural task proved for her to be an extremely painful exercise - until she received help at Barbra May Maternity Hospital. The teen pregnancy divide - 29 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14164;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 May is Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month in the United States, where a recent Journal of Pediatrics report shows a drop in teen pregnancy by almost half since 1991. This demonstrates significant progress in public health efforts to diminish the number of 'children having children' in America. Unfortunately, the statistics tell a different story in many other parts of the world. ‘Support South Africa to maintain our freedoms’ - 29 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14170;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The United Nations (UN) and other agencies must continue to support South Africa to ensure that the freedoms that were fought for in the struggle against apartheid are maintained. “We need continued support to achieve the betterment of the lives of our people,” said Max Sisulu, Member of Parliament (MP) and Speaker of the National Assembly, South Africa. Delivering greater results for change in Nigeria - 28 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14157;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 UNITED NATIONS, Nigeria/Abuja — Nigeria stands out as a country to deliver greater results for change, said Kate Gilmore, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Deputy Executive Director, Programme. Improving the reporting of maternal deaths - 27 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14147;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 UNFPA trained 14 countries in East and Southern Africa on improving the implementation of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response. As maternal mortality is the biggest indicator of the success of health systems, it is essential to report the deaths accurately and timeously. UNFPA drives Family Planning innovation - 23 May 2013 http://esaro.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/news/pid/14315;jsessionid=573A9F3E0601FB15E3C04EB0944CB222.jahia01 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-style-parent:""; line-height:115%; font-size:11.0pt;"Calibri","sans-serif";} UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 May 2013 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will launch two new initia...