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Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado Finds Progress on Maternal Health during her Visit to Guinea-Bissau
GABU, Guinea-Bissau — A year ago, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado laid the first brick for the construction of a maternity surgical unit in this dusty town in eastern Guinea-Bissau.
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UNFPA Applauds the Adoption of a Landmark Resolution on Maternal Health
GENEVA — The Human Rights Council today adopted the resolution on ‘Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights’.
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Prescription for Global Health in the Face of Crisis: Invest in Women
UNITED NATIONS — In his opening address to his Forum on Advancing Global Health in the Face of Crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called attention to the links between health and all of the Millennium Development…
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Highlights of the Fistula Campaign 2008
The devastation of obstetric fistula affects some 2 million women across the developing world, with approximately 50,000 to 100,000 new cases occurring every year.
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Ban 'Dismayed' by Terrorist Attack Killing UN Colleagues in Pakistan
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed “dismay” today at the rising death toll from yesterday’s suicide bombing of a hotel in north-west Pakistan, which killed members of the UNFPA humanitarian relief team, among…
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The Toll of Maternal Death Remains High but is Gaining Attention
NEW YORK -- Every minute, a woman dies in the developing world as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. For years, the tragic deaths of 500,000 mothers each year has been more or less invisible.
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Secretary-General Presents Population Award to This Year's Laureates
UNITED NATIONS — Each year the United Nations Population Award recognizes the work of an individual and an institution for outstanding contributions to population concerns and their solutions.
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Preventing Gender-based Violence in Brazil: Will Therapy Work?
Nova Iguaçu, Brazil —Joao (30) recalls the feverish evening not too long ago when he had a harrowing fight with the mother of his children. His version of the story is that in the midst of a heated fight, he pulled out…
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Advancing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UNITED NATIONS — Some 2,000 indigenous representatives from all regions of the world have gathered here for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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