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UNFPA is providing life-saving reproductive health services to the more than 120,000 Syrian refugees in the Za'tari camp in Jordan. APTN
UNFPA is providing life-saving reproductive health services to the more than 120,000 Syrian refugees in the Za'tari camp in Jordan. APTN
A new report released today (14 November) finds that additional investments in family planning would save developing countries $11.3 billion a year. UNFPA
As the UN today (11 October) marked the first "International Day of the Girl Child" with calls for the end of child marriage, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was also joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in denouncing the Taliban's "abhorrent and cowardly" attack on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yusufzai. UNTV / FILE
A new UN report released today (1 October) on the International Day of Older Persons says there will be one billion people over the age of 60 within this decade, with populations aging fastest in developing countries. UNFPA
The theme for this year’s World Population Day is, “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services,” aimed at highlighting the essential part that reproductive health plays in creating a just and equitable world. UNICEF / OCHA / UNFPA
The UN released new estimates today that say the number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years. UNFPA / FILE
A new report says that 1.1 million preterm babies die every year but with inexpensive treatment 75 percent could survive. UNTV / FILE
At a secret location in the capital city of Sarajevo, Bosnia’s capital, the Green Line Safe House is the last place of refuge for women escaping domestic violence. UNFPA
As the largest family planning conference in history kicked off in Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday, the executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Babatunde Osotimehin noted that Africa “continues to be the region of the world that’s seems to lag behind the most” in family planning, maternal health and child health. UNFPA / APATV
As global population rises, projected to reach 7 billion in October 2011, so does the population of the world’s cities. Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world’s eighth largest city. Many of them, who had fled their homes because of lack of jobs or family violence now [...]