UN POPULATION FUND NAMES MISS UNIVERSE 2000, LARA DUTTA, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

MAKING MOTHERHOOD SAFER: REPORT DETAILS UN POPULATION FUND’S

EFFORTS TO REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY

NEW YORK, 15 February (UNFPA) -— A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) enumerates the actions the Fund is taking to make motherhood safer in developing countries.

UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTS MOBILE HEALTH CLINICS FOR INDIAN QUAKE VICTIMS

NEW YORK, 7 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced today it is supporting 12 mobile health clinics in Gujarat State, India, and providing counselling support to women affected by the recent earthquake.  Following a rapid needs assessment, identifying health sector needs in the entire State, the UNFPA has dispatched emergency resources and additional personnel.

FRENCH ACTRESS ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN NAMED UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

NEW YORK, 6 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed French actress Elsa Zylberstein as its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face campaign spokesperson for France.  She was formally introduced in that capacity in the French Senate in Paris.

UN POPULATION FUND AIRLIFTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES

TO EL SALVADOR QUAKE VICTIMS

NEW YORK, 26 January (UNFPA) -– The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today announced it is airlifting reproductive health supplies to victims of the recent earthquake in El Salvador. The supplies are scheduled to ship early on Monday.

Press Release
POP/783

UNFPA ASKS DONORS TO HELP WOMEN IN CONFLICT

Joins UN Agencies in Consolidated Appeals, Asking Donors to Fund Emergency Relief Efforts

Press Release
POP/782

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SPECIALIST CHOSEN TO HEAD $57 MILLION FUND FOR HIV/AIDS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN AFRICA

Audrey Elster, South Africa, Will Manage Gates Foundation Effort; Youth of Botswana, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda to Be Campaign Targets

Press Release
POP/773

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS CRUCIAL TO WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT, NEW BOOKLET SHOWS

NEW YORK, 3 July (UNFPA) -— Reproductive health and rights are lifetime concerns that are essential to women’s empowerment and gender equality. A new publication from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) explains why.

Press Release
POP/772

UNFPA AIRLIFTS EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR ERITREA; BOARD ENDORSES RAPID-RESPONSE FUND

NEW YORK, 21 June (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is airlifting about 10 metric tons of life-saving emergency safe motherhood and reproductive health supplies to help Eritreans internally displaced by the recent fighting between their country and Ethiopia.

Press Release
POP/770

KOSOVO OFFICE OF STATISTICS, IOM AND UNFPA ANNOUNCE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BIGGEST POPULATION SURVEY IN KOSOVO SINCE ENTRY OF KFOR