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The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA office in Jamaica serves the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean inclusive of 21 member countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and The Turks and Caicos Islands. more
UNFPA ABSTRACT ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
22 April 2008.
The UNFPA Office for the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean’s Abstract submission to the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) is among the few accepted for poster presentation at the conference to be held in Mexico City from 3-8 August, 2008. 
G8 Action Urged To Avert Six Million Mother and Child Deaths Every Year
18 April 2008.
New York/Cape Town, 18 April 2008—The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health has called on G8 leaders to fulfil their previous commitments to global health and commit to new, long-term financing for essential interventions that could avert the deaths of over 6 million mothers, newborns and children every year.
Critical Health Care Fails To Reach Most Women and Children In High-Mortality Countries
16 April 2008.
New York / Cape Town, 16 April 2008—Leading global health experts, policymakers and parliamentarians are convening in Cape Town from 17th to 19th April at the Countdown to 2015 conference to address the urgent need for accelerated progress to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths.
Resource Consortium being Developed by UNFPA and CARICOM in Preparation for 2010 Round of Censuses
March 10, 2008 .
To build capacity to successfully implement the 2010 round of censuses in the Caribbean, UNFPA and the CARICOM Secretariat are collaborating to establish a resource consortium. This Consortium to be launched in April this year is intended to be the clearing house for census operations in the Caribbean.
Statement on the Occasion of International Women’s Day 2008
8 March 2008.
In the face of economic challenges, some governments may be tempted to put gender issues on the back burner. But the evidence shows that the best way to break the cycle of poverty and achieve a better quality of life for all is to make targeted investments towards achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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