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Adama's Story: An Excerpt from 'Moving Young'
His life had no stories. Adama S. was born in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in 1981, and he never went to school.
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UNFPA Opens Fistula Centre in Western Darfur, Sudan
WESTERN DARFUR, Sudan — The region’s first comprehensive Fistula Centre has opened in the town of Zalingei, Western Darfur, with assistance from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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What Works in HIV Prevention: Keeping Women and their Children Healthy
TORONTO, Canada — “AIDS is in the same league with the other big issues like global warming and poverty,” Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS said in a conference panel.
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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. She is often described as anerunako, a beauty, in the local Shona language.
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What Works in HIV Prevention: Engaging Young People
<p align="left"> <strong>TORONTO, Canada</strong> — Three days before the XVI International AIDS Conference officially opened, youth delegates were preparing themselves to be more powerful…
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China Enlists Railway System in HIV Prevention Drive
BEIJING, China — One billion passengers ride China’s vast railway system each year.
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Young People in Mongolia: Finding Places Where Secrets are Safe
ULAANBATAAR, Mongolia— Like the rest of Asia, Mongolia is rapidly urbanizing, although it remains the most sparsely inhabited country in the continent.
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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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