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23 May 2016
In focus: UNFPA’s work in Sudan to end Obstetric Fistula
Interview with Lina Mousa, the representative of UNFPA in Sudan and with Dr. Mayson Ahmed, fistula surgeon at Abu fistula referral center in Khartoum
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23 May 2016
10 things you should know about women & the world’s humanitarian crises
The world is currently facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, due to conflicts, persecutions and natural disasters intensified by climate change. And tens of…
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23 May 2016
In focus: UNFPA’s work in Yemen to end Obstetric Fistula
Interview with Dr. Afrah Thabet, Reproductive Health Analyst, UNFPA Yemen; Dr Eqbal Nagi, Fistula surgeon at UNFPA-supported Unit, Al-Sadaka Hospital, Aden-Southern Yemen; and Dr…
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23 May 2016
In focus: UNFPA's work to end Obstetric Fistula in Somalia
Interview with Fatuma Kuno Muhumed, Youth and HIV Programme Analyst at UNFPA Somalia
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23 May 2016
Statement
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Obstetric fistula is almost exclusively a condition of the poorest, most vulnerable and most marginalized women and girls. It afflicts those who lack access to the timely, high…
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19 May 2016
Press Release
Reaching Out to Meet the Needs of Women in a Complex Situation: With Support from Norway, UNFPA Provides Gender Based Violence Response Services in Alwand Camp in Diyala Governorate, Eastern Iraq
Erbil, Iraq, 19 May 2016 – The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to worsen due to the intensification of military campaigns. In Diyala Governorate, Eastern Iraq,…
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16 May 2016
Press Release
UNFPA Upscaling its Interventions in Response to Acute Emergency in Iraq: Opening of Two Reproductive Health Clinics in West Ramadi, Central Iraq
The United Nations Population Fund in cooperation with its national partner, United Iraqi Medical Society for relief and development and funded by the Japanese Government, opened…
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16 May 2016
Press Release
UNFPA Upscaling its Interventions in Response to Acute Emergency in Iraq: Opening of Two Reproductive Health Clinics in West Ramadi, Central Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 16 May 2016 – The United Nations Population Fund in cooperation with its national partner, United Iraqi Medical Society for relief and development and funded…
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05 May 2016
Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal mortality in Somalia
Nine years ago, Maymuun Abdullahi Nur’s mother died giving birth to her eighth child, during a delivery attended only by an untrained traditional birth attendant. Just 13 at the…
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