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27 June 2016
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…
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13 June 2016
Statement
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…
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25 May 2016
Press Release
World Humanitarian Summit Commits to Ensuring Sexual, Reproductive Health; Empowering Young People
WHS Commits to Ensuring Sexual, Reproductive Health
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10 May 2016
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, time-consuming and…
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05 May 2016
Statement
Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns
Midwives: health heroes
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22 March 2016
Press Release
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 empower women and adolescent…
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28 January 2016
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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…
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22 January 2016
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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…
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05 January 2016
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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…
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