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6 June 2017

UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director

UNITED NATIONS- With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed away suddenly at his home last night. He was 68 years old.

7 October 2016

The people behind the numbers - planning for progress

Fundamental to any national development plan is or should be a population policy: it is not a policy to control the number of children you have for this is a basic human right of all individuals, but rather a cross-sectoral evidence-based plan and management on our collective progress as a people, as a nation. Populations,

5 October 2016

Maternal health care surveillance training boost for Solomon Islands

UNFPA Pacific, Honiara (Solomon Islands) October 05, 2016 - Health workers in the maternal health care field are advancing their knowledge and capacity in a two-day training provided by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, on the effective use of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response or MDSR. MDSR is a strategy for the