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  • In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple

    05 January 2012

    MOGADISHU — Somalia Medina Hospital, one of Mogadishu’s two major hospitals, sits in a spacious compound in the western part of the capital. It focuses on trauma and emergency maternal medicine, treating several hundred war-wounded patients and expectant mothers every month.

  • UNFPA 2011 Maternal Health Highlights

    05 January 2012

    It was a busy, successful year for UNFPA, UN Population Fund, as it continued to work in 2011 with partners to address universal access to reproductive health, including maternal health, treatment for obstetric fistula and family planning, and to improve the lives of women and young people around the world.

  • Rapping for Reproductive Health in Yemen

    30 December 2011

    SANA'A — Rap has won over Yemeni youth. It was in a UNFPA-supported workshop gathering media and young people where the idea for a rap song to promote reproductive health was born.
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Annual Report 2010

Maternal Health Thematic Fund

Maternal Health Trust Fund Outlines progress in efforts in priority countries towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health.

UNFPA Flagship Report

State of World Population 2011

This year's report probes different dimensions of a world of 7 billion.
It argues for investments in people and sound planning informed by
demographic trends.

State of World's Midwifery report

Campaign to End Fistula

Events

1-3 February; New York
First regular session of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Executive Board

28 February - 2 March; New York
High-level panel on Population, Health and Census

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Song for 7 Billion

Playing for Change
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More than 50 musicians from 13 countries play together on this new world anthem: United.
Watch the video.

Visualizing data

Population dashboards
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Interact with the latest data from the UN Population Division and other sources with this interactive exhibit created for UNFPA by SAP as part of the 7 Billion Actions initiative.

New Web Portal

Africa Region
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Keep up with UNFPA activities in sub-Saharan Africa with this new web portal.

Resource Page

Prenatal Sex Selection
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News, updates, media reports and resources on prenatal sex selection

MORE at video.unfpa.org

Song: "United" - 7BillionActions.org

By the end of 2011, the world will have reached 7 billion people.  UNFPA is leading an innovative global campaign to bring awareness to the opportunities and challenges that this milestone represents.  Music has always been the best way to speak to the hearts of people.  Playing for Change has partnered with UNFPA to present an oiginal song around the world to serve as an anthem for such an important time.
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3 min 33 sec 2011
Slideshow: Mozambique

Innovative programs supported by UNFPA are improving the lives of women in Mozambique.

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8 min 56 sec 2011
Mobilisation Communautair pour Sauver la vie des Populations Vulnerables

Produced by the UNFPA Central African Republic Office - "Social Mobilization to Save Vulnerable People's Lives." French with English subtitles.

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5 min 42 sec 2011
Mexico: Streets not paved with gold

Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world's eighth largest city. Many find themselves in squalid and often dangerous conditions.

MORE at video.unfpa.org