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President for increasing coverage of Lady Health Workers to provide preventive and curative care
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for increasing the coverage of Lady Health Workers in the country to ensure the provision of preventive and curative care services, particularly the... Read more
Healing from mental health and GBV with hope
Zarmina, 33, from Khyber district, is a mother of six young children. At the tender age of eight, she became an orphan and was married off at 16 as a second wife to a daily wage labourer. It was hard... Read more
Serving mothers and babies in the aftermath of an earthquake
Ms. Shabina Tareen, 35, from Harnai, Balochistan, was sleeping peacefully with her 10-day old twins when she was jolted into wakefulness by a movement in the ground – an earthquake had hit the area... Read more
Maternal mortality decreased to 186 deaths per 100,000 live births
Maternal mortality decreased to 186 deaths per 100,000 live births Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Pakistan has decreased from 276 deaths per 100,000 live births as per Pakistan Demographic and... Read more
Surviving Fistula – A story of resilience from Pakistan
Razia Shamshad, Fistula Survivor with her daughter in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: UNFPA Pakistan Razia Shamshad, known to many as the Fistula Survivor, has a story to tell: “Helping women suffering... Read more
World Population Day 2019
World Population Day 2019 World Population Day 2019 is celebrated on 11 July 2019. The theme this year's World Population Day is “25 years of the ICPD: Accelerating the Promise”, focusing on the... Read more
National Launch of Women’s Economic and Social Wellbeing Survey Report.
One in every three women in Punjab between 15 and 64 years has faced some form of violence, according to a survey conducted by Punjab Bureau of Statistics and Punjab Commission on the Status of Women... Read more
Pakistan DHS- Data Dissemination Event
Pakistan DHS- Data Dissemination Event February 25, 2019 Pakistan has released the results of the Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2017-18 on February 25, 2019. The PDHS was successfully... Read more
Importance of Family Planning Reiterated on World Population Day
ISLAMABAD, 11 July 2018: Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world with 208 million people and a population growth rate of 2.4% per year. The rising population numbers are likely to... Read more
Maternal mortality in Asia-Pacific - 5 key facts
With so many success stories, it might seem hard to believe that across Asia and the Pacific as a whole tens of thousands of mothers still die needlessly through pregnancy and childbirth every year... Read more