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UNFPA’s Dignity Kit: Making a difference to the lives of mothers in Kigoma Region
It’s been eight months since Mpata* (26) gave birth to her second child at Nyarugusu Health Facility in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp. Two things are a constant reminder of that day – her baby boy Gateka... Read more
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 Dodoma Regional Office... Read more
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 decisions about whether... Read more
It’s time to realize the vision of the ICPD for those who have not yet benefited from the promise of Cairo
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—“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... Read more
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 voluntary family... Read more
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 Tanzania, a large... Read more
People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and... Read more
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! Shame, isolation and... Read more
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 and child health... Read more
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 Wanawake”). Midwives... Read more