UNFPA United Nations Population Fund [to 26 April 2014]
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24 April 2014 – Dispatch
Ready-made delivery kits save women’s lives in Cameroon
GAROUA, Cameroon – The first few times she gave birth, Hadja Aminatou, of the northern Cameroonian town of Garoua, could not afford to seek care at the local hospital. Instead, she gave birth at home. But during her last delivery, she was finally able to receive skilled care, largely due to a programme that subsidizes and pre-positions delivery and Caesarean ‘kits’ in health facilities across the country. more

23 April 2014 – Dispatch
Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia – Sixteen-year-old Hang Dèng travelled for an hour by boat to reach the health centre closest to her remote Cambodian village; she was in labour and suffering complications. Access to emergency care and skilled birth attendants saved both her life and that of her child. more

23 April 2014 – Press Release
Global Parliamentarians Mark Twentieth Anniversary of “Revolution” in International Development
STOCKHOLM, 23 April 2014—More than 260 parliamentarians from 134 countries started a meeting here today to renew their commitment to the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). more

21 April 2014 – Dispatch
Amid Crisis in South Sudan, Youth Continue to Hope for a Brighter Future
JUBA, South Sudan – In 2011, Jamal Deng, 23, joined his war-weary countrymen in celebrating South Sudan’s independence after a devastating and protracted conflict with the North. Like for many young people in South Sudan, independence had ushered in the promise of a new era. Today, Deng is among an estimated 800,000 people displaced inside South Sudan by a new wave of violence that broke out in December. more
18 April 2014 – Press Release