calendar_today 05 March 2015

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Going the last mile to provide family planning in Lao PDR

VIENTIANE, Lao People's Democratic Republic – “If only my wife and I knew early enough about family planning and could access services, we would have had four children – not 14,…

calendar_today 01 March 2015

Professional midwives set to improve maternal and child health in Bangladesh

DINAJPUR, Bangladesh - The stairwells of the Dinajpur Nursing Institute are bustling with midwives-in-training hurrying to their classes in this northern district of Bangladesh…

calendar_today 20 February 2015

Midwives help lower Afghanistan's towering maternal death rate

KABUL, Afghanistan – Boosting the ranks of midwives has helped to lower Afghanistan’s towering maternal and newborn death rates, a new report shows.

calendar_today 02 February 2015

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Flash mobs converge on Viet Nam, call for access to sexual and reproductive health

HA NOI, Viet Nam – Nearly 3,000 students from 30 universities took part in flash mobs across Viet Nam to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues. The…

calendar_today 20 January 2015

Bitter cold hits flood survivors in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Four months after landslides and flooding devastated much of mid-western Nepal, thousands of survivors are now enduring bitter winter temperatures. “I do not…

calendar_today 16 December 2014

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Breaking the cycle of poverty: Education first, then marriage

KABUL, Afghanistan – “My uncle and his wife wanted me to get married right after I graduated from high school, but I was determined to find a job instead, to pay to continue my…