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Providing Support to Ivoirian Girls and Women Who Fled to Liberia and Ghana
NIMBA COUNTY, Liberia --“I walked, walked, walked for our baby,” says Toinette, who is 17 years old and pregnant.
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Young People Convene in Mali to Revolutionize the AIDS Response
<p>Thirty years into the response to HIV, an estimated 3000 young people are newly infected with HIV everyday. Many young people living with HIV still do not have access to treatment and only 34 per cent of all…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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