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08 July 2016
Post-Cyclone Winston health response ends in Koro
Koro son returns as doctor overseeing recovery phase MALAKAI Ranuve wasn't even five when his curiosity led to an injury which almost blinded him, but healed…
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24 June 2016
Reproductive health is key to recovery process: UNFPA
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (February 24, 2016) - The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Pacific Sub-Regional Office has provided through the Fiji Ministry for Health and Medical…
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17 June 2016
Humanitarian response meeting needs of women, girls
Phyllis Hazelman is a 60-year-old retired human resources professional whose innate love for working with people mean that retirement is merely a term: as an…
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10 June 2016
Hard-to-reach areas targeted by mobile integrated health services
Targeted approaches have always been touted the most effective because of its informed direction, regardless of the sector it is applied in; when actions are informed,…
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06 June 2016
Reproductive health care access in hard-to-reach areas
DELIVERING essential health packages including sexual and reproductive health services on horseback or having to wade across rivers twice to reach a particular village…
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30 May 2016
Women central to disaster response
Never before in the 70 years of the United Nations has it managed a gathering of about 9000 participants from 173 member states, including 55 heads of states and governments,…
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20 May 2016
Support for our women, agents of change
IT was the warm engaging smile which invited us into the house of which Emali Racele was the centerpiece, just completing the final weaving cycle of a Fijian fan. "No, I…
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15 May 2016
Safety in midwifery: critical service for national progress
In 2013, just three years ago, the majority of an estimated 289,000 women and about three million newborn babies died globally from preventable complications and illnesses. They…
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05 May 2016
Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin Executive Director, UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA, the United Nations…
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