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Myanmar midwives are the backbone of country's primary health care system
The head of the United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) office in Myanmar praised the work and dedication of midwives at this year's... Read more
UNFPA building capacity of Midwives helping vulnerable women in Rakhine State
Midwives do more than just deliver babies. They carry out other vital life-saving tasks like reproductive health information and services, including... Read more
Statement for the International Day of the Midwife 2014
Globally, in the past two decades, maternal death has declined by nearly half. In the same period, skilled birth attendance has increased by 15 per... Read more
First Census questionnaires start arriving for data processing
Completed questionnaires for the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census started arriving at the Department of Population (DoP) on 23 April 2014,... Read more
Observers Report Myanmar Census Ran Smoothly, Except in Rakhine State
YANGON — Independent observers of Myanmar’s 2014 census offered largely favourable reports on how the exercise was conducted, at a debriefing here a... Read more
Former Foes Cooperate to Count Karen Areas for the First Time
THAN BYU ZAYAT, Kayin State, Myanmar — “Up to now, we never had the opportunity to know how many people live in our part of the world,” observed Gen... Read more
Myanmar Census Counts Most of the Country Despite Problems
YANGON — Myanmar’s first census in 30 years is nearly completed, and by the next to last day of the exercise over 90 per cent of the country’s... Read more
Ethnic Gurkha Uses Right to Self-identify in Myanmar Census
FALAM TOWNSHIP, Chin State -- On a glorious hilltop overlooking town an array of colourful flowers meets the eye and the sweet smell of burning... Read more
Observers report that Chin census is going according to plan
46 International observers along with national counterparts carried out an important monitoring mission of this year's landmark Myanmar census... Read more
Census Highlights Needs of People with Disabilities
KALAY TOWNSHIP, Chin State -- Eight year-old Lalremurata is sitting outside his bamboo shack in a deprived area of town, waiting for the enumerator... Read more