Sustainable Development Goals Explained: Good Health and Well-being

Published on: 27/10/2015

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, talks about what role governments and civil society can play to help the world achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3, which calls for good health and well-being.

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Health experts call for renewed focus on maternal, child deaths

Preventable maternal and newborn deaths continue to plague much of the world. Women and their newborns wait for care at a UNFPA-supported health centre in Haiti. © Jared Chambers

27 October 2015

Sub-Regional Office Director/Representative

Level: D-1
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Closing date: 15 Nov 2015 10:00 PM (America/New_York)
Duty station: Almaty, Kazakhstan

S/he leads and motivates the UNFPA team in the development of innovative, relevant approaches for engagement on issues related to population and development, sexual and reproductive health and gender.

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Grim but essential, autopsies are saving lives in Bangladesh

Asta Banu and her sister-in-law, Mos Dilifa Begum, work with Gulam Mostafa on a verbal autopsy. Learning the cause of Ms. Banu's son's death could help spare others the same fate. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

20 October 2015

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Before it’s too late: Doctors take on one of the deadliest places for women

In Kelo, Chad, Dr. Youssifou Savadogo shows a class of nurses and midwives how to identify and address labour complications. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

16 October 2015

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“Never, ever” again – a former circumciser calls for an end to FGM

Asiya, a former circumciser, now urges community members to abandon FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia

14 October 2015

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In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty

Midwife Chanduong Rotha speaks to So Pumngea about family planning at the Orrusei Health Center in Kratie Province. Ms. So says family planning is an important way to help her family emerge from poverty. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

16 September 2015

Annual Report

Maternal Health Thematic Fund: Annual Report 2014

Improving maternal health: Surging towards the 2015 deadline

Number of pages: 75

Publication date: 04 Sep 2015

Author: UNFPA

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Family planning fair dispels rumours, empowers women

Patricia, 23, arrived at the fair knowing very little about contraception. But she was intrigued. "I do not want to have more children now because I do not have the means to support them," she said. © UNFPA WCARO

21 July 2015

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After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

Refugees at a temporary shelter in Aceh, Indonesia. They are part of a group of migrants who spent months on a boat, adrift at sea. © UNFPA Indonesia/Sandra Siagian

09 July 2015

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