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27 July 2017
Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning
APAC, Uganda/LONDON, United Kingdom – Kate Opio, 33, was buoyant, cuddling one of her newborn twins in the maternity ward at a health centre in Uganda’s Apac District. The other…
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27 July 2017
Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger
SANA’A, Yemen – The cholera outbreak in Yemen is spreading at an unprecedented rate, with suspected cases of acute, watery diarrhoea increasing by an average of 5,000 every day,…
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24 July 2017
Generation Breakthrough
Generation Breakthrough is UNFPA’s flagship project on adolescents and youth. Started in 2012 with generous support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,…
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10 July 2017
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World Population Day 2017: Family planning a driver for development
A person’s ability to plan the timing and size of his or her family closely determines the realization of other rights. Unfortunately, the right to family planning is one that…
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20 June 2017
Statement
Statement attributable to Dr Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the occasion of the World Refugee Day
Cairo, June 20, 2017- As the United Nations marks World Refugee Day, we should all be wondering how it is possible, in the twenty-first century, to witness the devastating effects…
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19 June 2017
Statement
Statement attributable to Dr Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
In UNFPA-supported ‘safe spaces’ across the Arab region, women and girls receive psychological and legal support, humanitarian assistance, reproductive health services,…
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06 June 2017
Statement
UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed…
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29 May 2017
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Fistula survivor excels after repair
For more than 10 years, until last year, Khadra, 32, suffered a debilitating and devastating condition; obstetric fistula. Khadra lived with fistula complications and was isolated…
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28 May 2017
Statement
Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Cholera outbreak in Yemen
Cairo, 28 May 2017 – I am deeply concerned by the confirmed news on the rise of cholera in Yemen, which comes as a possibly fatal addition to the hardships that Yemeni men and…
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