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14 August 2018
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Audience at WPD

Family planning is a human right

This year’s World Population Day focused attention on the urgency and importance of population issues with the theme: “Family Planning is a Human... Read more

7 August 2018
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Building the capacity of healthcare providers through mentorship

Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing experiences for a woman; yet they can also be life-threatening when women do not have access to quality... Read more

7 August 2018
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No woman should die giving birth

Giving birth in Simiyu Region is a painful ordeal that many women have to endure. Long distances to health facilities, poor infrastructure including... Read more

18 July 2018
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Closing remarks: UNFPA Deputy Representative On the Occasion of “An Evening with Champions Active to End #FGM.”

It is estimated that one in ten women living in Tanzania today has undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and as the population of Tanzania is... Read more

18 July 2018
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International and national agencies come together to intensify efforts to eliminate FGM

Intensifying efforts to end female genital mutilation

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, together with the European Union Delegation to Tanzania, the High Commission of... Read more

13 July 2018
Press Release
An Evening with Champions Active to #EndFGM

An Evening with Champions Active to #EndFGM

On 16 July, 2018, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Tanzania and the East African Community (... Read more

4 December 2017
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Dr Faustine Ndugulile, Deputy Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children

Family planning essential to check population growth

The government has emphasized the need for family planning commodities and services across the country that are essential to check population growth... Read more

2 December 2017
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Raising awareness of the impact of HIV on young women and girls

On World AIDS Day 2017, UNFPA and AfriYAN (African Youth and Adolescent Network) representatives gathered together to hold a candlelit vigil to... Read more

30 October 2017
Press Release

Swedish Embassy contributes USD 37 million to UN for development activities

The Swedish Embassy in Tanzania has signed an agreement with the United Nations in Tanzania under which Sweden will donate USD 36 million (... Read more

19 October 2017
Press Release

Celebrating 72 years of the United Nations

According to a statement released at a press conference held at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC), Dar es Salaam, the Ministry... Read more

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