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The Unfinished Agenda of Family Planning

UNITED NATIONS — Funding for and attention to family planning has been declining for the past decade. At the same time, 200 million women still lack access to contraception, the largest youth generation ever is coming…

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"I watched a woman die": The Death of a Ugandan Mother

KATINE, Uganda — On a recent trip to Katine, in north-east Uganda, I witnessed the death of a woman who haemorrhaged after giving birth.

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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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