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Girls in Uganda become SDG "ambassadors," fight teen pregnancy with poetry

Students perform their award-winning poem, "The Life that is Worthy." Their message makes them ambassadors of sustainable development, said leaders at the 2016 Music, Dance and Drama Festival.
  • 12 August 2016
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Brazilian funk music sensation Dream Team do Passinho calls for "More Rights, Less Zika"

Dream Team do Passinho launches their hit new song, "More Rights, Less Zika" on World Population Day 2016. The song is a collaboration between the popular music group and UNFPA. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida
  • 03 August 2016
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Mais Direitos e Menos Zika (More rights, less Zika)

Published on: 03/08/2016

Brazilian funk sensation Dream Team do Passinho has released a new song in partnership with UNFPA. Released on World Population Day 2016, the song is titled "Mais Direitos e Menos Zika," which translates to "More rights, Less Zika." It calls attention to the fact that Zika disproportionately affects marginalized communities in Brazil, and it encourages the use of condoms to prevent the sexual transmission of Zika. Read more about the song here.

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No place too far: Midwives deployed to far-flung villages in Myanmar

Midwife Daw Aye Myint visits the home of a new mother for a postpartum check-up in the remote region of Magway. © UNFPA Myanmar
  • 29 July 2016
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Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak

Greicy Alves with her son, Gabriel, who has microcephaly. Ms. Alves was diagnosed with Zika in her first trimester. Marginalized women are disproportionately affected by the outbreak. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida
  • 21 July 2016
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Consultant for Family Planning Research

  • Level: P-5
  • Contract type: Consultancy
  • Closing date: 01 Aug 2016 08:00 AM (Africa/Johannesburg)
  • Duty station: Johannesburg, South Africa

Technical Specialist, FP, P-4, Zimbabwe

  • Level: P-4
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 28 Jul 2016 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Harare

Family planning in remote Lao People's Democratic Republic

Published on: 24/05/2016

With support from UNFPA, Agnod, has helped more than 300 families receive family planning services in remote Laos.

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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor
  • 13 July 2016
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Young volunteers meet critical sexual and reproductive health needs in Liberia

Published on: 05/07/2016

An extraordinary group of young adults working to strengthen reproductive health education and services in Liberia, a country whose health system is still reeling from a devastating 14-year conflict and, more recently, the massive 2014 Ebola epidemic. Learn more here

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