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Saluting our humanitarian heroes
Message of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin in commemoration of World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2015 Nearly 60 million people are forcibly displaced by conflict, war and... Read more
Refugees commit to deliver at health centre
REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, Nyumanzi, Uganda – South Sudanese refugee Abiei Anech, 26, nearly lost her life when she ignored the advice of Albert Amoko, a fellow South Sudanese volunteer sitting with her at... Read more
SYP music album a hit with youth
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – They danced and sang, but most importantly they learned how they, as young people, can lead more healthy and empowered lives. International Youth Day was a day to... Read more
New SYP music album "We Will"
UNFPA ESARO celebrates International Youth Day 2015 with the launch of Safeguard Young People Music Album INVESTING IN THE POWER OF YOUNG PEOPLE, TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD “The African continent has... Read more
Investing in the Power of Young People, Transforming our World
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director for International Youth Day 12 AUGUST 2015 Today UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, commemorates International Youth Day under the theme, 'Youth... Read more
New regional response for HIV prevention
A new regional task team is to be established to drive the response to HIV prevention in East and Southern Africa, the region at the epicentre of the... Read more
‘We were judgmental of young people’ - nurse
LILONGWE, Malawi – “I thought family planning was for married people, not for girls. We were not friendly to young people. We were judgmental,” says Blessings Sonkhanani, a nurse at Namwera Health... Read more
Creating youth app for sexual health
KAMPALA, Uganda – The developers worked through the night, furiously typing code into their laptops, racing to complete a working prototype. But this... Read more
Defying child marriage in Malawi
LILONGWE, Malawi – Luwiza Lewis dropped out of school in Standard 8 after becoming pregnant. She was just 15 years old. But after giving birth she was determined to go back to school and continue... Read more
Young change agent inspires community
Mozambique – Less than a year ago, Yolanda Ijracoze, an 18-year-old a refugee from Burundi, found herself waiting to be treated for obstetric fistula at Nampula Central Hospital. She had suffered... Read more