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01 January 2010
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Message for World Population Day 2010 Everyone Counts
Message for World Population Day 2010 Everyone Counts Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director As we commemorate World Population Day, “Everyone Counts&rdquo…
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01 January 2010
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International Day of the Midwife Joint Message from UNFPA and ICM
Joint message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary-General, ICM, the International Confederation…
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16 December 2009
Manila Bulletin: Experts Note Slow Epidemic of AIDS
The HIV/AIDS incidence in the country continues to grow and is now being considered as a "slow epidemic" by experts who think that aggressive hunting for cases should…
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14 December 2009
Philippine Star: DoH Alarmed Over Increasing Number Of HIV Cases
The number of HIV cases in the Philippines has continued to increase over the past two years, alarming the Department of Health. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that…
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20 November 2009
Inquirer: Business Groups Work for RH Compromise (Opinion Column/Mahar Mangahas)
Business groups showed their recognition of, and desire to help, solve the national population problem when key members of the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human…
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18 November 2009
Women Central to Efforts to Deal with Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report
London, 18 November 2009 - Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising…
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12 November 2009
Largest International Family Planning Conference in 15 Years Convenes in Uganda
KAMPALA, 12 November, 2009—Over 1,200 leading policymakers, researchers, academics and health professionals from 59 countries will meet in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 18…
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27 October 2009
Family Planning Key to Key to Maternal Health, Affirm Delegates at High-Level Meeting
ADDIS ABABA, 27 October 2009 — Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges…
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08 October 2009
Associated Press: Philippines Lags Behind UN Anti-Poverty Goals
The Philippines lags behind the United Nations' targets to cut poverty by 2015, with the number of poor Filipinos on the rise, officials said Wednesday. An official from the…
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