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19 December 2017
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Uwamwiza Victoria and her husband Iyiragiye Jeremie test for HIV/AIDS before pregnancy test with help of Midwife Nyirarukundo Jeanne

Cultural beliefs a barrier to family planning use

Uwamwiza Victoria, 33 and her husband Iyiragiye Jeremie, 33, live in Village 12, community 10 in Mahama refugee camp. The couple has six children and had visited the health center to test pregnancy... Read more

12 December 2017
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Burundian refugee women in their cultural dance during the launch of family planning in mahama camp

Family planning, a tool for gender empowerment for refugees

Family planning services constitute a basic right of choice for women and signify their ability and willingness to plan their future more carefully. When a woman is able to plan her pregnancies, she... Read more

6 December 2017
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 Children aged 10 – 13 in a discussion to share what they’ve learnt after SRH session with a Midwife

Refugee adolescents appreciate sex education

Despite being refugees, youth and adolescents have a right to access information and services on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) to avoid early pregnancies, HIV and other Sexually... Read more

27 November 2017
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It always seemed impossible for vasectomy until I did it

Sibomana Eugene at 50 and and his wife Claudine Uwamariya aged 40 decided their best family planning method to be vasectomy.  This was a couple among 16 clients who received Vasectomy in different... Read more

21 November 2017
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Vasectomy, my choice our family health

Buresho Claude, 46 Veneranda Musengimana, 40, wife is a retailer of fish in Karongi market while husband is a fisherman in Lake Kivu in Western Province. The couple has five children with age space... Read more

16 November 2017
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Family Planning, the beginning of a better life

Gone are the days when families preferred having many children for various reasons including having enough hands to till the land and seeing them as an asset when they grow. Mukeshimana Lucie aged 44... Read more

4 October 2017
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Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director

Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 October 2017 — Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the... Read more

4 September 2017
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Family planning is a smart investment; Rwanda to host the International Conference on Family planning 2018

  Rwanda is one of the family planning success stories of recent history. The first decade of the 2000s brought great achievements: a dramatic rise in the country’s contraceptive prevalence rate for... Read more

10 August 2017
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World Population Day, 11 July, 2017 Report

World Population Day, 11 July, 2017 Report In 1989, the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recommended that 11 July be observed as World Population Day. An... Read more

10 August 2017
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Harnessing youth potential through health is critical to Africa’s demographic dividend

Harnessing youth potential through health is critical to Africa’s demographic dividend         The world today is home to 1.8 billion young people... Read more

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