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New Study Finds that Dramatic Reductions in Maternal and Newborn Deaths Are Within Reach
NEW YORK – Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 per cent and newborn deaths cut nearly in half if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care, shows a new report…
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New Report Shows Substantial Progress in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
NEW YORK– National efforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected children still struggle to have their basic needs met,…
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New HIV Infections Down by 17 Per Cent Since 2001
GENEVA / SHANGHAI — According to new data in the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17 per cent over the past eight years.
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New Studies Show How Partnering With Men Can Stop Violence Against Women
UNITED NATIONS — It should have been one of the happiest nights of their lives. A young soldier and his new wife were alone for the first time on their wedding night. Much to the husband’s surprise, there was no blood…
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Influential Men: Accentuating the Positive Roles that Men Can Play
NEW YORK – Men hold the key to ending violence against women and reducing gender inequalities. A new photography exhibit, entitled ‘Influential Men’, highlights their power through striking images of positive male role…
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Looking at Climate Change through the Eyes of the Young: Youth Report Tells Their Stories
NEW YORK — Many young people are already living in cultures that are changing rapidly in response to a degraded environment.
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Melting Glaciers Alter a Way of Life: Adapting to Harsh New Realities in Bolivia
AMACHUMA CHICO, Bolivia — On the steep slopes leading down from the Huayna Potosi and Chacaltaya mountains lies a string of tiny communities where families eke out a meager living by keeping llamas, sheep and chickens…
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Facing the Floods: Women Cope With Climate Change in Viet Nam
QUANG TRI PROVINCE, Viet Nam — Life has never been easy for Nguyen Thi Lanh, 51, and Nguyen Duc Phi, 52. After enduring years of war, they married in 1977 and a year later had their first baby.
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Five Ways of Looking at Maternal Health: The Mothers of Ethiopia
NEW YORK — In Ethiopia, 22,000 women and girls die each year as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth, and more than 500,000 suffer from pregnancy-related disabilities.
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