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7 December 2016
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WEST DARFUR, Sudan – Something was terribly wrong. Zahra Zakaria was eight months pregnant when she went into labour in a tent in Kondabi, a remote village in Sudan’s West Darfur state. It was her... Read more
4 May 2016
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NORTH DARFUR, Sudan – Last year, when Zahar Ali went into labour with her first child, her family brought her to El Fasher Maternity Hospital, North Darfur’s largest health facility offering ... Read more
8 July 2015
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UNFPA has developed three e-courses in Procurement and Supply Chain related subjects. The courses are offered to UNFPA personnel, as well as to its partners in Governments, NGOs and institutions at... Read more
26 May 2015
Statement
Significant gains have been made in improving sexual and reproductive health and advancing reproductive rights since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. But many... Read more
5 May 2015
Statement
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
The International Day of the Midwife - marked on 5 May.
Today, on the International Day of... Read more
11 August 2014
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UNFPA in collaboration with the national population council oprganized a training for mid-level reporters on population issues in relation to the ICPD beyond 2014 and the global agenda.
UNFPA in ... Read more
11 August 2014
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STATEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNFPA
International Youth Day, 12 August 2014
“Mental Health Matters”
A safe and healthy passage from adolescence into adulthood is the right of every child.... Read more
9 April 2014
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Changing cultural norms and beliefs need to come from within the community. People who are concerned with an issue as Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) and who are convinced that it is... Read more
9 April 2014
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After 23 years of suffering from obstetric fistula without access to surgical treatment a woman in South Darfur underwent a successful surgical repair during the treatment campaign in February 2014... Read more
5 March 2014
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten
The ICPD... Read more