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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
World Population Day offers a moment to celebrate human progress. Our world, despite its challenges, is one where higher shares of people are educated and live healthier lives than at any previous... Read more
Hidden in Plain Sight: Conflicts fueling sexual violence in northern Ethiopia
MEKELLE, Tigray - “We fled on the back of a truck. When they captured us, they took me to another place, they raped me, and left me alone in the bush.” says Mahlet*, a 17-year-old survivor of... Read more
Service Package on adolescent and youth health launched
The Minimum Service Package for Adolescents and Youth Health at workplaces in Ethiopia was launched today at the Kombolcha Industry Park in northern Ethiopia. During the occasion the Ministry of... Read more
Accelerating ending of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia
NORTH GONDAR ZONE, ETHIOPIA: Ketema Belete was married off by her family to a relatively well-to-do person at the early age of 14. She had her first child before she was even 18. She delivered five... Read more
Fistula cases have soared as a result of conflict, says the Medical Director of Hamlin Fistula Center in Tigray
MEKELLE, Tigray – “When Birchiko came to the centre, she only weighed 32kg. She was severely malnourished and her hips and knees were flexed and fixed,” explains Dr. Melaku Abreha, Medical Director... Read more
UNFPA organized national launch of State of World Population 2022
UNFPA’s flagship report, the State of World Population, was nationally launched today. The State of World Population 2022 bearing the theme “Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected... Read more
UNFPA handed over ambulance procured with funding from the Government of Denmark
UNFPA, the United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency, today handed over a high-spec ambulance to the Afar Regional Health Bureau. The ambulance was purchased with the generous funding of... Read more
Ethiopia’s worst drought in 40 years threatens to derail gains made in maternal and newborn health
GODE, Ethiopia – “When I saw my baby’s hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We traveled nearly 90 km to the nearest health facility… We are both lucky to be alive.” Ayan Abadi Wali, 24, was... Read more
“I have survived my pregnancy on hardly one meal a day”, says a mother displaced by the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
MEKELLE, Tigray - “I have survived my pregnancy on hardly one meal a day. Now, I am concerned about my baby’s health as we are living on minimum food in the camp”, says Daniet, during her regular... Read more
7 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Half. That is the alarmingly high proportion of pregnancies that girls and women do not deliberately choose. The... Read more