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Sexual health: potential tipping point for accelerated development
Family planning is, very simply put, about living within ones' means: it is advisory that is offered with structural and personnel support, and whose benefits are, perhaps unfortunately, largely... Read more
Sport - a powerful development tool
ABOUT 60 kilometres out of Fiji's Capital City (Suva), Korovisilou Health Centre is sandwiched between a village and a school. It is staffed by a trio of two nurses and a doctor whose medical area... Read more
016: Development for the people
IT is that time of the year again when a slew of the proverbial new year's resolutions herald in wide-ranging intentions that aim for, ultimately, progress at an individual level - at least for those... Read more
A GBV guideline for health workers - a Pacific first
Fiji has notched another first as the first Pacific country to have a gender-based violence guideline for comprehensive case management, after it was launched December 5 (2015) by the Speaker of the... Read more
Equitable preparedness: Making sure no one is left behind
In 2014, the United Nations responded to 60 disasters and seven complex emergencies or conflicts, perhaps a reflection of how between 2013 and 2014, 78 countries were considered to have "become less... Read more
Statement by Dr Babatunde Osotimehin on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2015
Today, we mark the launch of a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of two landmark international treaties. Together, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the... Read more
Humanizing rights across Asia-Pacific: UNFPA’s #OurRights campaign is launched on World Human Rights Day
Bangkok, 10 December 2015 - Our Rights, an Asia-Pacific wide campaign to put a human face on key rights issues is being launched by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to mark Human Rights Day today.... Read more
Being positive about HIV
uberi Cati has become synonymous with HIV and AIDS, in the most positive way. Testimony perhaps of surviving with HIV for 16 years now but more so, for her passion and dedication as an advocate for a... Read more
Equitable development best preparation for humanitarian situations – UNFPA
2015 STATE OF WORLD POPULATION REPORT PACIFIC MEDIA RELEASE UNFPA Pacific, Fiji (December 4, 2015) - Actions to promote equitable development which benefits women, men, boys and girls alike can... Read more
Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for World AIDS Day This year, World AIDS Day coincides with the African conference on controlling HIV and other sexually... Read more