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Tens of thousands of pregnant women affected by Nepal quake
28 April 2015
New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake UNITED NATIONS, New York – The toll of deaths and injuries continues to mount days after a devastating 7…
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Press Release
UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional and Nepal Country Offices Pledge Urgent Support for Earthquake-devastated Nepal
25 April 2015
BANGKOK, Thailand/KATHMANDU, Nepal - The UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office is working with our Nepal Country Office and colleagues across the United Nations Population Fund to…
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Statement
Earthquake in Nepal: Statement by the Executive Director
25 April 2015
On behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, I express our deepest sympathy to the people and Government of Nepal following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck…
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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery
22 April 2015
UNFPA-supported centre providing assistance to survivors of gender-based violence
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Meeting reproductive health needs in the wake of Cyclone Pam
01 April 2015
PORT VILA, Vanuatu – “We lost everything. All the clothes – gone,” Anna Naual said at an aid post in Fresh Wind Ohlem, a settlement near Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila. The single…
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Cyclone Pam cripples sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu
22 March 2015
PORT VILA, Vanuatu/SUVA, Fiji – Sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and antenatal care, urgently need to be restored in Vanuatu following the…
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Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu
18 March 2015
SUVA, Fiji/UNITED NATIONS, Bangkok – Four days after Cyclone Pam cut a path of destruction across Vanuatu, the full scale of the devastation has yet to be determined. The Category…
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Press Release
UNFPA ensuring reproductive health coverage for women and girls in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam
17 March 2015
SUVA, Fiji - The United Nations Population Fund Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO) has committed up to $35 million VATU and will provide essential emergency reproductive health…
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Stepping up efforts to support cyclone-hit Vanuatu
17 March 2015
BANGKOK, Thailand - As the government of Vanuatu assesses the devastation wrought by Cylone Pam, UNFPA and other UN agencies and partners are supporting the Pacific island-nation…
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