UNFPA to Promote Health and Rights of Women and Young People at UN General Assembly Events - 19 September 2012

UNITED NATIONS, New York — The 67th regular session of the UN General Assembly, which began this week at the UN Headquarters, will feature several special events promoting the health and rights of women and young people. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executi

This entry was posted in » World News on | Source: United Nations Population Fund

and Similar News

Very few people post information, experiences on health online: Study

While most of us go online regularly for help in diagnosing health issues, very few of us actually post information, questions or experiences on health topics, a study has said. According to Rosemary Thackeray, BYU professor of health science and lead au

Changing culture is a long term project – the past

Over the years there have been many changes in legislation that have made the UK more liberal country and a safer place to be. Equal marriage is a recent example, a proposal that would have been inconceivable 50 years ago when homosexual acts between men

DUBAL invests in women's education

Accordingly, DUBAL consciously supports initiatives that provide skills training and other educational opportunities to those with limited access to these resources. Indeed, the company has actively engaged in three such educational programmes since the

Deaths of indigenous Australians drop as health improves

THE health of indigenous Queenslanders is improving despite a continuing high rate of women smoking while pregnant, a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed on Tuesday. In the report on the performance of the Aboriginal and T

Pregnant women who sleep on their back at increased risk of stillbirth

Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Pregnant women in Ghana who slept on their back (supine sleep) were at an increased risk of stillbirth compared to women who did not sleep on their back, a new study has revealed. In the study, researchers from University of Mic

From around the web

Share Your Opinion about this news

blog comments powered by Disqus