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  • Maternal Deaths Halved in 20 Years, but Faster Progress Needed

    16 May 2012

    UNITED NATIONS, New York – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, UNFPA and the World Bank.

  • Ethiopia Accelerates Training of Midwives

    15 May 2012

    SHASHEMENE, Ethiopia – One of the key strategies for reducing maternal mortality is making sure trained midwives attend births and can refer women with complications to timely obstetric care. It’s one of the strategies that Ethiopia has embarked on and which is contributing to the steep declines in maternal deaths in that country.

  • Decision Makers, Development Experts to Highlight Importance of Population Issues at Istanbul Meeting

    14 May 2012

    UNITED NATIONS, New York—Leading actors from the international development community will meet in Istanbul on 24 -25 May to discuss strategies to speed up achievement of the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
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Global Summit

Rio +20

Rio +20 With just a few weeks until the June conference on sustainability, UNFPA is working hard to ensure that population dynamics are part of the discussion and outcome.

UNFPA Flagship Report

State of World Population 2011

This year's report probes different dimensions of a world of 7 billion.
It argues for investments in people and sound planning informed by
demographic trends.

State of World's Midwifery report

Campaign to End Fistula

Events

20-22 June, Rio de Janeiro
UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

24-25 May, Istanbul
Fifth International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action

11 July, Worldwide
World Population Day

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New estimates

Maternal Mortality 1990-2010
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New estimates show continued progress in saving mothers' lives in all developing regions.

Global Meeting

Parliamentarians
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Parliamentarians from around the world will gather to assess progress on the promises they made at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994.

Updates

Country Profiles
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Includes population and reproductive health international statistics and indicators.

Resource Page

Sex Ratio Imbalance
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News, updates, media reports and resources on prenatal sex selection

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Counting the World

The film shows why information about growth, movements, structures, living conditions, spatial distribution and natural resources of a country's population is vital for relevant policy formulation, planning and implementation, and for monitoring and evaluation. It explains that the population and housing census is one of the most important tools for policymakers.

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3 min 33 sec 2011
Slideshow: Mozambique

Innovative programs supported by UNFPA are improving the lives of women in Mozambique.

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8 min 56 sec 2011
Mobilisation Communautair pour Sauver la vie des Populations Vulnerables

Produced by the UNFPA Central African Republic Office - "Social Mobilization to Save Vulnerable People's Lives." French with English subtitles.

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5 min 42 sec 2011
Mexico: Streets not paved with gold

Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world's eighth largest city. Many find themselves in squalid and often dangerous conditions.

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