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Helping Pregnant Women Deliver Safely -- On the Ground and in the Air
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands —Dr. Wilma Doedens has helped to make motherhood safer for Sudanese refugees in Chad, for tsunami-affected women in Sri Lanka, and for women displaced by war in the Congo.
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Condoms Are a Key to Reducing HIV Transmission in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe— Cathy Nyarai is an ebony, svelte, almost frail-looking 22-year-old woman.
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Sudan: UNFPA Prescribes a New Lease on Health and Life for Kalma’s Mothers and Newborns
DARFUR, Sudan—With a faint voice and half-closed eyes, Hajja was able to briefly tell her story.
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Emergency Efforts are Giving Displaced Women More Options in Darfur
SOUTH DARFUR, Sudan—When she fled from violence a year ago, Fatima Hashem Ali had little idea that she would soon regain part of her previous life.
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Youth: Changing Attitudes, Improving Lives in Ecuador
ECUADOR—Cradled in an emerald green valley high in the Andes Mountains in southeast Ecuador, the town of Zamora doesn’t look like it’s on the ‘cutting edge’ of anything.
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The Ecuador Free Maternity Law: Crucial Advance for Reproductive Health and Rights
ECUADOR—Ecuador's Parliament passed a landmark piece of legislation in 1998.
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Jambi Huasi – Health Care that Speaks to Indigenous Communities in Ecuador
OTAVALO, Ecuador —Most of the residents of this city, sprawled across a high plateau in the Andes, are Quechua-speaking descendents of the Incas.
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World Population Day 2005: Observances Around the World
A number of events, held by UNFPA and its partners on World Population Day, 11 July, raised awareness of population and development issues worldwide.
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Meeting Women's Needs, Supporting Aceh's Future
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—The people of Aceh are eager to get their lives back.
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