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04 September 2012
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UNFPA cites major role for media in African solutions
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 2 September 2012 — Head of United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Africa Region, Bunmi Makinwa has urged African media houses and practitioners to be more…
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01 September 2012
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Crossing to safety: a refugee’s journey to Dadaab
DADAAB, Kenya — When Fatuma Ali and her husband began a trek from Somalia to Kenya with their four children, they knew the journey would be torturous. But it was one that they had…
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06 August 2012
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New High-level Panel on post-2015 development agenda
United Nations, New York — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the members of a High-level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the…
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30 July 2012
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The word on women
By Babatunde Osotimehin and Sharon Camp At the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, leaders from 18 African countries made unprecedented commitments – financially and…
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30 July 2012
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Giving life is main cause of death for South Sudan's women
JUBA, 19 July 2012 (IRIN) — South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. "More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any…
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26 July 2012
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Innovative family planning services for Kenyan youths
UNFPA in Kenya has launched a Family Planning programme focusing on youth within the Muslim communities in Malindi District, along the coastal strip of Kenya. The project will use…
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20 July 2012
Access to life-saving supplies is a human right
“Having access to drugs that could save lives should not be a matter of charity, but a human right,” UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin said at the 19th African…
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19 July 2012
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Renewed efforts for the world’s women
It is possible to save the hundreds of women who die of pregnancy-related causes every day, write the Norwegian Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås and UNFPA…
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17 July 2012
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Fight child marriage and teen pregnancy, First Ladies urged
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — At this year's African Union Summit, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim called on African First Ladies to use their positions and voices to…
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