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We all must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all

calendar_today 19 July 2019

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We all must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all

UNFPA Tanzania refocused attention on accelerating the promise of Cairo in the run up to World Population Day on 11 July 2019. From 9 to 11 July, UNFPA, with the support of the…

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World Population Day 2019: Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

calendar_today 11 July 2019

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World Population Day 2019: Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a right to make their own…

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It’s time to realize the vision of the ICPD for those who have not yet benefited from the promise of Cairo

calendar_today 27 June 2019

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It’s time to realize the vision of the ICPD for those who have not yet benefited from the promise of Cairo

“Now is the time to secure the rights, choices and dignity of all, leaving no one behind,” said Jaqueline Mahon, UNFPA Representative in Tanzania, in a call for the movement to…

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Choice not chance: Strengthening the reproductive health supply chain in Zanzibar

calendar_today 18 June 2019

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Choice not chance: Strengthening the reproductive health supply chain in Zanzibar

The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) Supplies Programme is dedicated to expanding access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) supplies, including…

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Accelerating efforts to make motherhood safer

calendar_today 10 June 2019

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Accelerating efforts to make motherhood safer

The Sustainable Development Goals set an ambitious target to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. To achieve this target in…

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People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want

calendar_today 24 May 2019

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People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development…

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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the  International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019

calendar_today 23 May 2019

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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019 Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now!

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Government and development partners join hands to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths in Simiyu Region

calendar_today 08 May 2019

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Government and development partners join hands to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths in Simiyu Region

The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), Tanzania, is committed in its support to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to improve maternal…

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Midwives: Defenders of women’s rights

calendar_today 08 May 2019

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Midwives: Defenders of women’s rights

This year’s International Day of the Midwife was commemorated on 5 May in Simiyu Region, with the theme “Midwives: Defenders of Women’s Rights” (“Wakunga ni Watetezi wa haki za…

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