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04 February 2018
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UNFPA's vision and agenda 2030
Our new strategic plan is designed to drive the ambitions and goals of the ICPD and 2030 agendas.
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01 February 2018
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about child marriage
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a romantic time for couples. Yet millions of children are coupled up before they are ready, often…
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31 January 2018
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A vision of change: Pioneer spends 30 years advocating end to FGM in Sudan
In the early 1980s, Abdullah Ali Abdullah saw constant infections and childbirth complications while volunteering in a health centre in Sudan’s North Kordofan state. He soon…
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14 January 2018
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Government of Sweden and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sudan
Khartoum, January 14, 2018 – Sweden and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sudan have signed today an agreement to progress the UNFPA Country Program (2018-2021). It…
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07 December 2016
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Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur
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…
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04 May 2016
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How a new blood bank is saving the lives of pregnant women in Darfur
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 maternity…
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08 July 2015
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Free Online Procurement Courses
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…
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26 May 2015
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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
Significant gains have been made in improving sexual and reproductive health and advancing reproductive rights since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and…
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05 May 2015
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Statement for the International Day of the Midwife
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…
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