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20 May 2024
Press Release
UNFPA advocates for strengthened human capital to drive sustainable development in Africa
Speaking to delegates and international leaders at the 9th African Population Conference, Lydia Zigomo, the UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, emphasized the…
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16 May 2024
News
Igniting the Potential of Adolescent Girls in Pursuit of the Africa We Want
Blog by Lydia Zigomo, UNFPA Regional Director - For over 30 years, I have traveled extensively across the diverse landscapes of East and Southern Africa, the region closest to my…
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13 May 2024
News
How midwife mentors make it safer for women to give birth in Ethiopia's fragile areas
Imagine being a midwife in a remote, fragile context, like the Afar region in Ethiopia. This hot low-land and desert-like area has been affected by conflict, driving up the…
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05 May 2024
News
Celebrating midwives: Edinah delivers babies, one safe birth at a time
Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting…
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05 May 2024
Statement
Midwives: Heroes on the front lines of the global climate crisis
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to reach pregnant women or delivering babies amid the…
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29 April 2024
Press Release
Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030
UNFPA will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at an event on 29 April during the 57th…
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24 April 2024
News
Prisca’s story: “I thought I had lost it all”
Prisca,* a 22-year-old young woman who lives in Chiredzi Rural, Zambia, has faced a harrowing ordeal. One night, while asleep in a room with two toddlers, an unknown man broke…
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23 April 2024
News
Hero’s journey: How UNFPA helps mothers in Madagascar to access emergency obstetric care
It was time to leave for the hospital. Samueline Razafindravao had intended to give birth at her home in southern Madagascar, but after encountering difficulties, decided to go…
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07 April 2024
Statement
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day
End discrimination to ensure the right to health for all. On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on…
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