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One Mother Delivers Triplets in Safety: Others are Not So Lucky

GARISSA, Kenya — While Hawa Ali, a 27-year-old mother of nine, was pregnant with triplets, Garissa Provincial Hospital in Northern Kenya became her second home.

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Desperation Pushes Somali Refugees into Dangerous Territory

DADAAB, Kenya — Fatima knew that the journey from Southern Somalia to Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp could be very dangerous.

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Ending Gender Imbalances Must Remain International Priority, Says UNFPA’s Asia-Pacific Director

HANOI—Joint international and national actions to end prenatal sex selection and discrimination against women should remain a priority for all, Nobuko Horibe, the Director of UNFPA’s Asia and Pacific Regional Office,…

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No Direction Home: A Generation Shaped by Life in Dadaab

DADAAB, Kenya — Twenty-year-old Aden Ibrahim has never known any home other than an expanding camp refugee camp in a parched landscape once traversed by nomadic camel and goat herders.

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Addressing the Needs of Serbia's Ageing Population

BELGRADE, Serbia --  With more than 17 per cent of its citizens being over the age of 65, Serbia's proportion of elderly people is among the highest in the world. In this Balkan nation, as in other countries in the…

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A Week of Progress for Women and Children

NEW YORK — When a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, a family is devastated and a community suffers an irreplaceable loss.

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More Bangladeshi Mothers Get Vital Care During Childbirth

MAULVIBAZAR, Bangladesh — When a woman in labour seeks her help, Kanchan Bala Roy is confident she can oversee a safe delivery. The rural health centre where she works was recently equipped for deliveries, as part of a…

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Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

KABUL, Afghanistan — Fereshta, 28, repositions herself slowly in her bed at Malalai Hospital, on the western outskirts of Kabul. It is just a day after she has received surgery to repair an obstetric fistula, but…

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Cultural and Human Rights Dimensions of Family Planning in Mozambique

MAPUTO, Mozambique – “We have ten children,” says Silvestre Celestino, 59, proudly, as he works his garden on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique, with his wife, Felizmina.

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