Cooperation Between Faith-Based Organizations and UNFPA Critical to Maternal Health, Say Groups

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Partnerships between faith-based organizations and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, are critical to enhancing efforts to reduce maternal deaths and end violence against women. Representatives of more than 40 international...

U.S. Resumption of UNFPA Funding to Boost Women's Health and Rights

UNITED NATIONS, New York, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday's action by President Barack Obama to pave the way for the release of United States funding for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reminds the world of his commitment to women's health, rights and equality, accordi...

$3 Million Requested by UNFPA to Help Women and Girls Displaced by Myanmar Cyclone

UNITED NATIONS, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is appealing for $3 million to address the urgent humanitarian concerns of cyclone-affected populations, particularly women and girls, in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions. The amount is being...

Cough Up More for the Health of Afghan Women, UNFPA Urges

New York – A country notorious for war and strife, Afghanistan, is also infamous with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. //Afghanistan has attracted the attention of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which has pressed for adequate funds necessary to improve the heal...

Record Number of Countries Contributed to UNFPA in 2005

More countries contributed to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in 2005 than in any year since its establishment in 1969, bringing the number of donor nations to 171.// In 2004, 166 nations had contributed to UNFPA. Every nation in Africa pledged funds to UNFPA in 2005. Contributions...

World Population Day 2009

...nd girls: cost-effective and smart economics, says unfpa United Nations, New Yor...ing to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of unfpa , the United Nations Population Fund. "There ... of the Day coincides with the 40th anniversary of unfpa and the 15th anniversary of the historic Internati...

UN Gathering of Global Experts to Address Current Crisis in Family Planning

...f Public Health . Area of expertise: Poverty, gender and social status and their impact on access to family planning. Moderator: Sarah Craven, unfpa Chief, Washington, D.C. Office. WHEN: Tuesday 30 June, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT ...

Pakistan Crisis Puts Pregnant Women At Increased Risk

... unfpa Launches Emergency Appeal for Maternal Health Care...surgery to handle pregnancy-related complications, unfpa estimates. Responding to the escalating humanitarian crisis , unfpa is scaling up its support for reproductive health ...

$64.7 Bln Needed for Population Programmes to Curb Poverty

...d to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. unfpa supports countries in using population data for po...l and woman is treated with dignity and respect. unfpa -- because everyone counts. For more informati...1 Omar Gharzeddine, +1 212 297 5028 or visit the unfpa website, www.unfpa.org # # # Read the full ...

Egyptian Doctor, Nicaraguan NGO Win 2009 UN Population Award

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UNFPA in Medical Dictionary

Reproductive Health

...reproductive systems ... American Academy of Family Physicians - Reproductive Health ... Reproductive health encompasses key areas of the unfpa vision â€" that every ... Everyone has the right to enjoy reproductive health , which is a basis for having ... Your reproductive health...

Female condoms

...ale condom , the only woman-controlled contraception that also protects against STDs, including HIV/AIDS. The United Nations Population Fund - unfpa - works to ensure universal access to reproductive health, including ... to the female condoms she received here ... distribution of female ...