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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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09 May 2014
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First step taken in upgrading Myanmar’s Reproductive Health Supply Chain System
NAY PYI TAW__ Myanmar is one step closer to ensuring that women and families throughout the country receive high quality reproductive health services and products thanks to a…
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08 May 2014
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Census Questionnaires returned from the field, preparation for scanning underway
Questionnaires for the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census have successfully been retrieved from all townships in the country and all have been delivered to the Census…
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04 May 2014
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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 International Day of the Midwife on Saturday …
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02 May 2014
Statement
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 cent, with two out of three…
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02 May 2014
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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 antenatal, postnatal care and…
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24 April 2014
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, in Nay Pyi Taw, the nation’s…
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12 April 2014
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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 day after the 12-day count…
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09 April 2014
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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. U Shwe Maung, commander of…
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