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UN report on obstetric fistula 2014
Resource date: 2014
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Resource date: 2014
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Publication date: 17 Jun 2015
The brochure highlights achievements and results in first decade of the Campaign to End Fistula.
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Resource date: Feb 2015
The new resolution calls on the international community to intensify technical and financial support to accelerate progress in the remaining days until the deadline to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 (to improve maternal health) by the end of 2015 and eliminate fistula.
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Publication date: 02 Feb 2016
Author: MSF
Publisher: UNFPA
Médecins Sans Frontières, member of the Campaign to End Fistula, set up the Gitega Fistula Centre within the Regional Hospital of Gitega, Burundi, in 2009 to provide high quality, multi-disciplinary care, free of charge, all year round. This report aims to reflect on the experience of setting-up, running and handing over such a fistula project.
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Resource date: 2016
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Resource date: Jul 2020
The United Nations Secretary-General report (2020) calls on the General Assembly to Intensify efforts to end obstetric fistula within a decade.
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Publication date: 13 Oct 2020
The release of the first-ever estimates on stillbirth by the UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) include the number of babies that are stillborn every year, as a result of pregnancy and birth-related complications, the absence of health workers and basic services. The report includes new data on the additional babies that could be stillborn due to COVID-19 related disruptions in child and maternal health services. The release is intended to increase visibility for this neglected tragedy and drive government action to address stillbirths.
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Resource date: 2011
Author: The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Publisher: UNFPA
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Resource date: Dec 2020
Author: UN
This 2020 UN Resolution on Fistula, adopted by Member States, calls on every fistula-affected nation to develop an inclusive, integrated, costed, time-bound national strategy and action plan to end fistula by 2030. This is a critical component of an overall strategy to ensure universal access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights and is a key element of achieving the SDGs.
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