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Executive Director Joins UN Secretary-General at Launch of New AIDS Report
<p>NAIROBI --- UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and heads of other UNAIDS co-sponsoring organizations following the launch of a new AIDS report.<br/…
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Executive Director's Mission to Africa
<p>UNFPA Executive Director succcessfully completed a three-week mission to Arfica.</p>
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Displaced Once Again: Many Third-Country Nationals Have Fled Libya
CHOUCHA CAMP, Southern Tunisia -- “My father died when I was three years old. Armed bandits killed him one evening as he was coming home. Every night I remember this scene before falling asleep,” says Mariam Ibrahim, a…
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Invest in Health, UNFPA Executive Director Urges African Ministers
<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Primary health care should be the focus of attention across the continent, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told African ministers of finance, planning and economic…
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Partners Endorse Plan to Scale Up Efforts to Prevent HIV Transmission from Mothers to Children
<p>The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa has come a step closer with the endorsement of a new regional framework following a three-day consultation in Nairobi, Kenya…
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Mission to Nigeria, Africa's Largest Country
ABUJA, Nigeria — Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin began his first mission to developing countries as the Executive Director of UNFPA with a visit to Nigeria.
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New Report: Linking Contraceptives to Human Rights
Is access to contraceptives a human right? If so, what are the consequences for governments and the way they provide health to their people?
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Partnering with Priests to End Domestic Violence in Armenia
YEREVAN, Armenia — Seven years ago Milena separated from her husband. Although she still loved him, they had difficulty communicating.
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Pakistan: Activists Call for Intensified Efforts to End Fistula
KARACHI, Pakistan --- At least 150,000 women in Pakistan suffer from obstetric fistula —damage to their bladder or large intestine during childbirth.
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