UN pushes gender equality as population hits 7 billion

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UN pushes gender equality as population hits 7 billion

The world's population will surge to seven billion next month and the challenge is not a lack of living space but how to empower disenfranchised women and girls, the United Nations said Tuesday.

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UN pushes gender equality as population hits 7 bln

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UN pushes gender equality as population hits 7 bln

The world's population will surge to seven billion next month and the challenge is not a lack of living space but how to empower disenfranchised women and girls, the United Nations said Tuesday.

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Luxembourg assists Vietnam to develop infrastructure

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VOV News English 28 month(s) ago

(VOV) - The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will provide Vietnam with 42 million euros to help the country achieve its socio-economic goals for the 2011-2015 period.

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Luxembourg assists Vietnam in developing infrastructure

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VOV News English 28 month(s) ago

(VOV) - The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will provide Vietnam with 42 million euros to help the country achieve its socio-economic goals for the 2011-2015 period.

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UN secures $40 bln for global health drive

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UN secures $40 bln for global health drive

Gustav Arrella, 4, reacts as he gets a shot of a vaccine in Haltom City, Texas

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Nation sets the pace for MDGs

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Nation sets the pace for MDGs

Viet Nam has achieved or exceeded most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) ahead of the 2015 deadline, says a Government report published yesterday for the MDG Summit in New York next week.

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Viet Nam takes the lead on millennium goals

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VietNam News English 34 month(s) ago 1 related news

Viet Nam has achieved or exceeded most of the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) ahead of the 2015 deadline, says a Government report that was publicised today before the MDG Summit in New York next week.

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Vietnamese photographer wins first prize of int’l contest

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Vietnamese photographer wins first prize of int’l contest

Photographer Tran Vinh Nghia from Phan Thiet Province won the first prize of the international photo contest titled “Picture this: We can end poverty”.

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EU helps Vietnam, Cambodia improve reproductive health

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VietnamPlus English 46 month(s) ago

The European Commission and Maire Stopes International Vietnam on October 28 inked a project to improve reproductive health care services in Vietnam and Cambodia.

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VN, Cambodia get backing to improve healthcare sector

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13 million premature births worldwide: US charity

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13 million premature births worldwide: US charity

There are nearly 13 million premature births worldwide each year, and of these more than a million die within a month of birth, according to a report by a US charity.

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Rich must not cut aid to poor to balance budget, says UN

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Rich must not cut aid to poor to balance budget, says UN

Chief of the UN Ban Ki-moon pressed debt-ridden donor countries on September 20 not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
"We should not balance budgets on the backs of the poor," Mr Ban told 140 leaders at the start of a three-day summit to review progress in meeting U.N. poverty goals by 2015.
During their speeches, leaders pledged to step up efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- agreed 10 years ago. But, as...

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Investing in family planning and pregnancy-related care can reduce 70% of maternal deaths

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Investing in family planning and pregnancy-related care can reduce 70% of maternal deaths

The Hanoi Times - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70% and newborn deaths cut nearly in half if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care. The information is released in a new report by the Guttmacher Institute and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York o­n December 3rd, 2009.

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