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  • 25 Sep 2008
  • Press Release

Joint Statement on Maternal and Newborn Health

<p class="bodytext">Today, 25 September 2008, as world leaders gather for the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we jointly pledge to intensify our support…

Joint Statement on Maternal and Newborn Health

<p class="bodytext">Today, 25 September 2008, as world leaders gather for the High-Level Event on the Millennium…

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  • 22 Sep 2008
  • Press Release

New UNFPA-Supported Initiative Expands Midwives’ Efforts to Save Women and Newborns

<p> <b>New York, 22 September 2008 —</b> UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have launched a new initiative to tackle…

New UNFPA-Supported Initiative Expands Midwives’ Efforts to Save Women and…

<p> <b>New York, 22 September 2008 —</b> UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International…

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  • 19 Sep 2008
  • Media Advisory

Presidents of Chile, Findland and Tanzania Put Mother and Child Health on the Map

A special event during the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals.

Presidents of Chile, Findland and Tanzania Put Mother and Child Health on the…

A special event during the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals.

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  • 12 Sep 2008
  • Press Release

Haitian Women and Girls Require Life-Saving Assistance in the Wake of Severe Weather

<p class="bodytext"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York, 12 September 2008</strong>—More than 800,000 people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Haiti in the wake…

Haitian Women and Girls Require Life-Saving Assistance in the Wake of Severe…

<p class="bodytext"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York, 12 September 2008</strong>—More than 800,000…

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  • 12 Aug 2008
  • Statement

International Youth Day

<p>On International Youth Day, let us recognize the potential of youth in tackling the greatest challenges of our times.</p>

International Youth Day

<p>On International Youth Day, let us recognize the potential of youth in tackling the greatest challenges of our times.…

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  • 06 Aug 2008
  • Press Release

Girls and Young Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to Protect Them

<p>Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in…

Girls and Young Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to…

<p>Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and Gill Greer, Director-General…

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  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Press Release

Gender-based Violence, Both Cause and Consequence of HIV and AIDS

<p>Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Inés Alberdi, Executive Directors of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, respectively, co-chaired a…

Gender-based Violence, Both Cause and Consequence of HIV and AIDS

<p>Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Inés Alberdi, Executive Directors of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and of the…

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  • 02 Aug 2008
  • Press Release

Women's Participation is Key to Preventing HIV

<p>Women’s participation in decision-making is crucial to a more effective response to HIV and AIDS.</p>

Women's Participation is Key to Preventing HIV

<p>Women’s participation in decision-making is crucial to a more effective response to HIV and AIDS.</p>

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  • 01 Aug 2008
  • Press Release

Education: A 'Social Vaccine' to Prevent the Spread of HIV

<p>In the absence of medical vaccine to prevent HIV, we have to use sexuality education as a ‘social vaccine’, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population…

Education: A 'Social Vaccine' to Prevent the Spread of HIV

<p>In the absence of medical vaccine to prevent HIV, we have to use sexuality education as a ‘social vaccine’, Thoraya…

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