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Namibia’s lower population growth rate is 'good'
Namibia’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1,5 per cent from 2001 to 2011, or from 1.8 million to 2.1 million people. This was announced... Read more
Namibia launches new gender policy with UNFPA input
The Namibian President launched the country’s revised National Gender Policy, which the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) contributed towards,... Read more
Climbing Kilimanjaro to protest violence against women
This article was written by UNFPA Tanzania Communications Analyst, Sawiche Wamunza, about her climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania along with 72... Read more
Preventing maternal deaths from severe after-birth bleeding
The Guardian. Thursday, 5 April 2012. By Chukwuma Muanya. A UNITED Nations (UN) Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in... Read more
South Sudan gets $19.5 million for midwifery programmes
JUBA — UNFPA in South Sudan is to receive 19.5 million Canadian Dollars in funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a... Read more
UN launches Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
NEW YORK, 23 March 2012 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UNICEF today launched a high-level commission to improve access to... Read more
UNFPA equips nursing and midwifery college in South Sudan
JUBA — The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA in South Sudan congratulated South Sudan’s Minister of Health and the partners involved in building... Read more
Providing reproductive health kits for South Sudan refugees
JUBA — In response to the strained humanitarian situation in South Sudan, UNFPA handed over reproductive health kits to the United Nations Refugee... Read more
Emotions high as cutters denounce FGM
AMUDAT, Uganda — It was a moment filled with emotion, that hot and sunny afternoon in a little village of Amudat, north-east Uganda. A group of... Read more
South Sudan's health professionals given scholarships
JUBA, South Sudan — Nine health professionals from South Sudan have been selected to participate in a one-year scholarship to gain additional skills... Read more