This publication gives an overview of the situation of maternal and newborn health in the East and South East Asia region, with a focus on progress and the interventions needed to save women's and newborn's lives. There is now a clear evidence base of the priority interventions in maternal and newborn health which need to be in place to avert maternal and neonatal mortality in countries with limited resources.
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I am pleased to deliver a statement on health and sustainable development on behalf of Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
A healthy nation needs healthy people. Every human being is entitled to a healthy and productive...
26 August 2002
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KABUL - On a dusty football field about 700 yards from Khair Khana Maternity Hospital in northern Kabul, a team of Danish engineers, medical technicians and Afghan personnel have been working tirelessly since early August to erect an emergency mobile hospital, which will help sav
14 August 2002
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<p> <b>KABUL</b>-- Essential medical equipment and supplies, valued at over $200,000, were delivered to two of Kabul's two principal maternity care facilities this week.</p>
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