dim., 12 févr. 2012 20:48:55 +0000 dim., 12 févr. 2012 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) http://www.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/4072 The global Campaign to End Fistula, spearheaded by UNFPA, has delivered significant results in 2008, as part of a broader effort to improve maternal health through support for fistula prevention, treatment and reintegration. This report documents the Campaign’s tremendous growth – from 12 to now 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Arab States region. It assesses achievements and lessons learned both in 2008 and over the course of the Campaign.  http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/2188 This publication contains rich research findings concerning global trends and the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting and its linkages with maternal and newborn health. It describes changing patterns and practices, including medicalization, and analyzes the threat FGM/C poses to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals as well as its economic and health costs. It identifies important lessons and discusses in detail case studies as well as the application of theories as a basis for accelerating the abandonment process. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/392 This advocacy booklet, produced by UNFPA and Family Care International (FCI), highlights social, cultural, and economic dimensions of obstetric fistula by presenting key findings of country-level needs assessments conducted in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Arab States from 2003 to 2006. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/407 Female Genital Mutilation, also called female genital cutting, is a reproductive health and human rights concern, with devastating short and long term impacts on the lives of women and girls. The practice touches every aspect of the mandate of UNFPA, including reproductive health and rights, gender equality and women's empowerment as well as adolescent reproductive health. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/1288 This brochure summarizes the goals, strategies and results of the Campaign to End Fistula. The campaign seeks to make obstetric fistula, a devastating injury of childbirth, as rare in Asia and Africa as it is in the developed world today. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/2101 From 29 June to 1 July 2004, UNFPA hosted the second Africa Regional Meeting on Obstetric Fistula, in Accra, Ghana. The conference brought together over 90 participants from 26 countries, including UNFPA staff, government officials, non-governmental organizations, and some of the world's foremost experts in obstetric fistula. The conference took place against a backdrop of rapidly growing worldwide interest in the management of obstetric fistula and was held within the framework of the Campaign to End Fistula, launched by UNFPA in 2003 and which includes a number of partners at global and national levels. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/2123 This conference on obstetric fistula, the first of its kind in South Asia, sparked important dialogue and action on the issue and is an indispensable first step towards ending fistula in the region. The conference brought together more than 50 participants from around the world including Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Ambassador for Fistula, UNFPA staff from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and New York, officials from the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, representatives from WHO and EngenderHealth, fistula surgeons and other health care professionals from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Pakistan. The UNFPA Bangladesh Country Office hosted the conference in collaboration with the Technical Support Division (TSD) and the Asia and Pacific Division (APD) of UNFPA Headquarters in New York. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/2518 UNFPA leads a coalition of organizations committed to the prevention and treatment of fistula, an isolating disability that results from unrelieved obstructed labour. This report, from the second meeting of the working group, documents the considerable progress that has been made in bringing fistula to wider attention, in collecting data about it, and in developing strategies to end fistula in the developing world, just as it has been virtually eliminated in industrialized countries. http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/3252 This report reviews the first meeting of international fistula experts in London in July 2001, which launched this initiative and focused on concrete actions to alleviate the suffering of affected women. It is our sincerest hope that together we can work to make fistula as rare in Africa and in all developing countries as it is in the industrialized world. We know that new partners will join us in this worthwhile initiative.