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Countdown to 60 over 60
Due to improvements in health and survival, as well as lower fertility rates, the world is growing older, a demographic trend that was analyzed in the recent report: Ageing in the Twenty-First Century, a Celebration and…
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Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers' Lives in Tibet
GYAMDA COUNTY, Tibet, China—Xi're Qunzong is one of two designated health workers at Niangpu Township hospital, with the responsibility of ensuring that no woman dies from giving life.
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Another Safe Delivery in a Jordanian Refugee Camp
ZA'ATARI CAMP, Mafraq, Jordan— Samira was seven months pregnant when she and her family fled their home "in Syria seeking refuge in the neighbouring country of Jordan.
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Syrian Refugees to Receive 20,000 Family Hygiene Kits
The UNFPA Office in Türkiye has announced that they will deliver 20,000 additional hygiene kits for displaced Syrian families before the end of 2012.
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Creating an 'Oasis' for Syrian Refugees in a Jordanian Camp
ZA'ATARI CAMP, Jordan— Syrian refugees in this encampment have much to deal with: displacement, a fraying social fabric, insecurity, uncertainty and the tension that goes along with it all. But now they have a…
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UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon
MANILA— In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, which devastated a southern Philippines region last week, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two…
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‘I Came Here to Listen,’ Secretary-General Tells Syrian Refugees in Türkiye
ANKARA, Türkiye—"I came here to listen” said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in Islahiye refugee camp in Türkiye today, “but I must say the massacre in Syria should be stopped. The violence in Syria…
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The Executive Director in South Africa: Advocating for the ICPD Agenda
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — On a recent mission to South Africa, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, explained how implementing the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action supports the…
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The Netherlands Contributes nearly $100 Million to Reproductive Health
UNITED NATIONS, New York—The Government of the Netherlands has recently announced a new contribution of 72 million euros (about $96 million) to help achieve the goals of the London Summit on Family Planning.
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