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UNFPA expert briefs young people on the census

calendar_today 01 July 2014

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UNFPA expert briefs young people on the census

YANGON, A workshop for 25 young people from Kayin State took place today in Yangon, organised by the International Organization for Migration and Karen Baptist Convention. The…

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Myanmar youth discusses ways to advance investment in youth prior to World Population Day

calendar_today 30 June 2014

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Myanmar youth discusses ways to advance investment in youth prior to World Population Day

Fifteen Myanmar youth representatives attended an inter-generational dialogue meeting in Yangon, organized the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the…

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UNFPA supports training and access to maternal health facilities in Yangon area

calendar_today 27 June 2014

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UNFPA supports training and access to maternal health facilities in Yangon area

Expectant mothers living in Daw Pone Township, a low-income area of Yangon, are now able to go through childbirth with the expert help of midwives as well as receive improved…

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Myanmar health workers get training in HIV testing and counseling

calendar_today 18 June 2014

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Myanmar health workers get training in HIV testing and counseling

KYEEMYINDINE TOWNSHIP, Yangon — Hundreds of health workers throughout Myanmar are being instructed in HIV counselling and testing, under an innovative decentralized training…

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Ethnic representatives visit Census Data Processing facilities in Nay Pyi Taw

calendar_today 11 June 2014

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Ethnic representatives visit Census Data Processing facilities in Nay Pyi Taw

Representatives of ethnic groups and civil society organizations (CSO) in Myanmar visited the data processing center for the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census at the…

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine State IDP camps

calendar_today 10 June 2014

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine State IDP camps

SITTWE, Rakhine State — Mobile medical teams supported by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have resumed providing potentially lifesaving reproductive health services in…

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Building confidence of Myanmar Census as data processing stage commences

calendar_today 22 May 2014

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Building confidence of Myanmar Census as data processing stage commences

NAY PYI TAW__ 34 Myanmar national and international media were given a first glimpse of the post enumeration data analyzing process, organized jointly by UNFPA and the Department…

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STATEMENT: Myanmar’s First Census Since 1983

calendar_today 17 May 2014

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STATEMENT: Myanmar’s First Census Since 1983

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, appreciates the concern of the International Crisis Group about problems during Myanmar’s census.

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Statement on the International Day of Families

calendar_today 15 May 2014

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Statement on the International Day of Families

Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened…

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