UN PARTNERS WITH AFRICAN NATIONS TO BOOST GIRLS’ ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES

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UN PARTNERS WITH AFRICAN NATIONS TO BOOST GIRLS' ACCESS TO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESNew York, Aug 5 2013 2:00PMThe United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has
<"http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/news/pid/14754">announced it will
support programmes in eight African countries over the next three
years to boost access to reproductive health services for millions of
adolescent girls.

"We are working specifically to ensure that the continent's adolescent
girls, between the ages of 15 and 19 – some 45 million of whom live in
sub-Saharan Africa – get a good education, are able to decide whether
and when to marry and have children, are protected from HIV, remain
safe from violence, and have their fair share of opportunities to work
and contribute to the economic development of their countries," said
UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin.

The announcement came on Friday at the International Conference on
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Africa, held in Johannesburg,
South Africa.

UNFPA will partner with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and
Tanzania over the next three years to deliver a comprehensive set of
sexual and reproductive health services for young people to reach
disadvantaged and marginalized girls and young women – the ones at
highest risk of poor sexual and reproductive health, violence and
exploitation.

"Over the next three years, in partnership with governments and young
people themselves, we will commit to making a tangible difference in
the lives of millions of young people right across the continent. It
is their rights we must uphold and it is they who are our best hope
for a prosperous and peaceful Africa," said Dr. Osotimehin.

According to UNFPA, pregnancy and childbirth-related complications are
a leading cause of death of girls, aged 15 to 19, in developing
countries. An estimated 7.3 million girls under age 18 give birth each
year, a great percentage of which occurs in Africa.

The agency, among other measures, will establish programmes to ensure
that young people in and out of school have access to age-appropriate
comprehensive sexual education to prepare them for adult life.

UNFPA is the lead UN agency working to promote the sexual and
reproductive health and reproductive rights of young people.

It is at work in over 150 countries, ensuring that young people have
the information, services and supplies they need to make a safe,
healthy and fulfilling transition from adolescence to adulthood.Aug 5
2013 2:00PM
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