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UNFPA SUB- REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE CARIBBEAN COLLABORATES WITH PARTNERS TO OBSERVE WORLD POPULATION DAY 2014
For the past two decades UNFPA offices world-wide have observed World Population Day on July 11, by employing creative means to raise awareness of important population and development issues. The Sub... Read more
Youths Encouraged to Help Improve Understanding of the Vulnerabilities of SIDS
Young people are being encouraged to help create a better understanding of the uniqueness of Caribbean countries that threaten their sustainable development. Hon Arnaldo Brown, State Minister,... Read more
Director UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean Pays Courtesy Call on Jamaica’s Youth Minister
On June 24, 2014, Director UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean Sheila Roseau paid a courtesy call on the Honourable Lisa Hanna Minister of Youth and Culture. They discussed opportunities for... Read more
Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (3 June 2014) – A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the World Health... Read more
Health Professionals Participate in Training on Family Planning
Twenty-eight health professionals from across the Caribbean completed a two-day training programme held from May 22-23 in Grenada aimed at strengthening their capacity to deliver high quality family... Read more
National Consultations on the PSA
In May 2014, The Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development of Trinidad & Tobago in collaboration with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund hosted a series of National Consultations on... Read more
Statement on the International Day of Families – 15 May 2014
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 and enjoy... Read more
Maternal deaths continue to fall, new data show
UNITED NATIONS, New York – New data from the United Nations reveal that maternal deaths have declined by 45 per cent since 1990. Some 523,000 deaths occurred from complications in pregnancy or... Read more
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 deliveries worldwide... Read more
Director UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean Pays Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of Jamaica
On May 2, 2014, Director UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean Sheila Roseau paid a courtesy call on the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister of Jamaica. They discussed the... Read more