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A Multi-pronged Approach to Maternal Health in Lao PDR is Getting Results
24 January 2013
SEPON HOSPITAL, Lao PDR — Twenty-five-year-old Xanya had twirled herself around her husband for comfort in the family tak-tak (an open-air cart attached to a motor by a long set…
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New Report Says Mongolian Economy Grows but Poverty Persists; Ageing Also Remains a Challenge
24 January 2013
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia– Economic growth in Mongolia from 2000 to 2010 surpassed population growth, but poverty was not reduced, according to a new report by UNFPA, the United…
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Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience
23 January 2013
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally…
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Myanmar and UNFPA Launch 2014 Census Project
24 December 2012
The Ministry of Immigration and Population and UNFPA jointly launched Myanmar’s 2014 Population and Housing Census Project Document, a roadmap for preparing and implementing…
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South Asian Partners Review Commitments to End Child Marriage
19 December 2012
Every three seconds another girl becomes a child bride. Every three seconds another childhood stands violated. Coerced or too young to even understand its implications, every…
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Asia-Pacific Countries Agree to Strengthen Statistics Systems
17 December 2012
BANGKOK (ESCAP) - Leading statisticians and senior officials from 41 Asian and Pacific countries agreed to ambitious steps to improve environment and social statistics, critical…
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UNFPA Works to Ensure Women’s Health and Protection after Philippines Typhoon
10 December 2012
In the aftermath of super typhoon Bopha, UNFPA is mobilizing its partners to conduct medical missions and provide health information sessions in the two hardest-hit provinces in…
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Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers’ Lives in Tibet
10 December 2012
A “village doctor” from a remote region is trained to ensure that no woman dies from giving life.
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‘I’m So Happy to be Completely Cured’
06 December 2012
UNFPA Cambodia has partnered with the Children's Surgical Centre since 2009 to provide free treatment services to almost 30 women who had suffered silently for decades from…
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