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UNFPA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Committed to Boost Family Planning in Developing Countries
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and Melinda Gates of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on 27 June 2016 undertook a joint mission to Kenya to... Read more
UNFPA Launches Innovation Accelerator Focused On Promoting Youth Sexual Reproductive Health And Rights
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in collaboration with Nailab, a technology business incubator, has launched an innovation accelerator, dubbed iAccelerator, focused on promoting youth sexual... Read more
World Humanitarian Summit Commits to Ensuring Sexual, Reproductive Health; Empowering Young People
ISTANBUL, 24 May 2016–The World Humanitarian Summit concluded here today with a demonstrated resolve to live up to the pledge to leave no one behind, including the more than 60 million displaced, and... Read more
Leapfrogging to improve reproductive, maternal and child health
The development path followed by the health systems of mature economies is neither feasible nor desirable for emerging economies. It is too expensive... Read more
Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns
International Day of the Midwife 2016 Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund 5 May 2016 On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA,... Read more
Ms Gina Din appointed UNFPA Kenya National Honorary Ambassador
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has designated Ms. Gina Din Kariuki as Honorary Ambassador. Ms. Din will support the Fund’s efforts to... Read more
Women’s Empowerment Will Accelerate Kenya’s Economic Prosperity
When President Barack Obama made his first visit to Kenya as US President last year, one of the poignant messages he left was an exhortation for communities to shun cultures that degrade women and... Read more
Maternal and child health key to growth
Two out of every three cases of maternal deaths occur in areas affected by a humanitarian crisis or fragile conditions like North-Eastern Kenya where focus is being put to give pregnant mothers a... Read more
When The Menstrual Cycle Becomes A Question Of Human Rights
The onset of menstruation is a landmark event in the life of a young woman. Yet many complications and challenges accompany such an event. One in 10 adolescent girls miss school and eventually drop... Read more
Uncut women chase the blade
In Kenya, nearly all women have heard of FGM and almost 27 per cent have undergone the painful practice. Globally, it is estimated that between 100 to 140 million girls and women alive today have... Read more