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UN Commissioners Aim for Increased Access to Health Commodities

22 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Affordable, life-saving medicines and health supplies with the potential to save millions of lives are not reaching the children and women who most need them.
Secretary-General Says Commodities Can Save Lives

22 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York -- While commending the work of a United Nations commission trying to improve access to life-saving medicines, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that much remains to be done to save the lives of the 800 women and more than 20,000 children who die every day from preventable causes.
Seeking a New Life, and Finding Hardship, in the Marketplaces of Ghana

21 May 2012
ACCRA, Ghana --- Sixteen-year-old Sahada was pulled out of school when her family arranged a marriage for her. But it wasn’t what she wanted.
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Global Summit

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.

Country Profiles

Campaign to End Fistula

Events

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

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

11 July, Worldwide
World Population Day

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New estimates

Maternal Mortality 1990-2010

New estimates show continued progress in saving mothers' lives in all developing regions.

Global Meeting

Parliamentarians

Parliamentarians from around the world are assessing progress on the promises they made at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994.

Resource Page

Sex Ratio Imbalance

News, updates, media reports and resources on prenatal sex selection

Annual report

Joint Programme on FGM/C

The 2011 report provides data and results on abandonment of this harmful practice.

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.

3 min 33 sec 2011

Slideshow: Mozambique

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

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.

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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