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09 August 2016
Maternal and Child Health Improves in Lukulu District
Lukulu District Hospital Medical Officer Mr. Simon Mundemba says there has been significant improvements in child and maternal health indicators since the opening of the new…
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14 July 2016
“Accelerate Targeted Investments in Adolescent Girls” - Zambian Vice President
Zambian Vice President Ms. Inonge Wina has called on all national stakeholders and cooperating partners to accelerate targeted investments in adolescent girls, as this will…
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25 May 2016
AfDB Annual Meetings: African Leaders Highlight Role of Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development
“It is unacceptable that 138 years after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb, hundreds of millions of people cannot have access to electricity to simply light up the…
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22 May 2016
Education, Employment and Empowerment of Youth Key to Sustainable Development
Speaking at the TEDxLusaka, Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, highlights three key areas in which Africa needs to invest to reap the…
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08 May 2016
UNFPA donates $12,000, Teaching Models and Equipment to Solwezi Midwifery School
As a demonstration of the importance UNFPA attaches to strengthening midwifery education, UNFPA has made available USD 12,000 and assorted midwifery teaching models and…
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05 May 2016
Statement
Midwives: Health Heroes for Women, Adolescent Girls and Newborns
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia is pleased to join the Government, partners and the people of Zambia in commemorating the 2016 International Day of the…
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09 April 2016
National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage Launched
Government of the Republic of Zambia - with support from UNFPA, UNICEF, UKAID through the Department for International Development (DFID), the Government of Canada and other…
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03 December 2015
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State of World Population Report 2015: "Shelter from the Storm"
More than 100 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. An estimated 26 million of them are women and adolescent girls of reproductive age.
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01 December 2015
Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030: Statement on the Occasion of World AIDS Day by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin: United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia is pleased to join the Government and people of Zambia and partners in commemorating the 2015 World AIDS Day under the theme …
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