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9 July 2017

Acting UNFPA ED message on WPD 2017

MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY 2017 BIRTH SPACING: empowering people, developing nations Dr. Natalia Kanem Acting Executive Director UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund 11 July 2017 Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who are poor and are refugees, face social, economic and geographic obstacles to voluntary

23 May 2017

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

Hope, healing, and dignity for all Over the past year, I witnessed the total transformation of two women’s lives. Jumwa, from Kenya, was successfully treated for obstetric fistula at the age of 83, after living with this terrible and treatable condition for 66 years. Alice, from Malawi, was treated at the age of 77, after

8 May 2017

UNFPA and MoH Oman hold 5 days workshop on Y-Peer educational manuals

UNFPA GCC provided Technical Assistance to Ministry of Health (MoH) in Oman to launch a ToT on the Y-Peers training manuals for health educators at the Ministry. The five-day workshop curriculum consists of seven manuals, including Y-Peer Educators Manual, Y-Peers Manual, road safety, tobacco abuse, violence among youth