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Dying to Give Life: Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — It juts like a finger, thrusting through the freezing and windswept Pamir Mountains: jabbing through the broad plateau of Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan to the south.
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Fistula Repair Facility Brings Hope to the Outcast
DHAKA, Bangladesh — When her labour pains started, Shahin Akhtar, age 12, didn’t know what was happening.
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Liberian Men and Women Unite to Fight Rape
MONROVIA, Liberia — Twenty-one-year-old Aminata Keita remembers the exact moment when attackers broke into her home.
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Revisiting 2005: A Year of Achievement, Commitment and Challenge
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The work and mandate of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, gained momentum in 2005, thanks to exceptional support by world leaders, donor, partners and individuals.
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UNFPA Executive Director Calls for Stronger Response to AIDS Epidemic Among Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — AIDS response must be stronger among women and vulnerable groups, UNFPA’s Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid told more than 20…
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Women Displaced by Sierra Leone Civil War Learn to Protect Themselves Against HIV and Reintegrate into Society
MASIAKA, Sierra Leone — For Mariama Bangura, the peace that followed a decade of bloody civil war in Sierra Leone was almost as devastating as the conflict itself.
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Preventing HIV on Mexico's 'Forgotten Border'
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Only the most destitute stop by the House of Migrants in Tecun Uman, a squalid town in northern Guatemala on the Mexican border.
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Y-PEER: Empowering Young People to Empower Each Other
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Her friends call her Natalia, but it’s not her real name.
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Zimbabwe: Indigenous Christian Churches Make an About Turn on HIV Prevention
BUHERA, Zimbabwe— Bishop Xavier Chitanda does not fit the mold. Small in build and of medium height, he comes across as very unassuming.
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