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.

UNFPA SCALES UP EFFORTS TO SAVE MILLIONS OF WOMEN
14 February 2008.
A new thematic fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth. The fund, established by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will also encourage developed countries and private sponsors to contribute more to saving women’s lives. 

UNFPA Staff Participate in First Diploma Course on HIV/AIDS Prevention
13 February 2008.
Over thirty persons from UNFPA who work directly in HIV/AIDS prevention in the Caribbean and Latin America recently completed a two week diploma course designed to strengthen their skills to fight the pandemic in the region. The course on the Prevention of HIV/AIDS was jointly organized by the University of Brasilia, the International Centre for Technical Cooperation on HIV/AIDS; and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. 

UNFPA Introduces Tools to Help Countries Manage Their Reproductive Health Commodity Supplies
23 October 2007.
Caribbean governments are now better equipped to forecast and estimate national reproductive health commodity needs and so avert potential shortfalls and stock-outs. At a three-day workshop on reproductive health commodity security (RHCS), now on at Jolly Beach hotel in Bolans, Antigua and Barbuda, UNFPA introduced participants to two computer based commodity management tools: the Country Commodity Manager and CHANNEL. 

Print Journalists Dominate 2007 UNFPA Media Awards
December 20, 2007.
Asha Javeed, a reporter at the Trinidad Guardian, topped a group of young newspaper journalists from across the region who dominated the UNFPA Caribbean Media Awards this year. The annual event, which recognises excellence in reporting on population issues, was held on November 21, 2007 at Queen's Hall in St. Ann's, Trinidad. 

Government of Antigua & Barbuda, CARICOM and UNFPA Join Forces
To Promote Universal Access to Reproductive Health
22 October 2007.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health of Antigua and Barbuda, Mrs. Clara Emanuel, in support of a holistic approach to health, has called for measures to be put in place to address the cycle of ill health, particularly in relation to women’s reproductive health.

Regional Training Workshop Promotes Condom Use
September, 2007.
Over forty additional health professionals from across the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean now have the skills to promote demand and supply of condoms as a means of protection against disease and unintended pregnancies.