Topic: Babatunde Osotimehin
LONDON (Reuters) - Instead of worrying about sheer numbers when the world's population hits 7 billion next week, we should think about how to make the planet a better place for people to live in, the United Nations said in a report ...
DAKAR (Reuters) - The Horn of Africa food crisis shows the need to provide the world's poor with better access to family planning as part of efforts to prevent future tragedies, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.The ...
Posted on 07/09/11 at 1:00am by webmaster . As the world population approaches 7 billion, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launches a...
Posted on 06/09/11 at 9:20pm by webmaster . Addressing world leaders on behalf of the United Nations during the AIDS Summit today, Dr. Osotimehin...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed former Nigerian health minister Babatunde Osotimehin on Friday to head the United Nations Population Fund, which supports programs in more than 150 countries that promote sexual and reproductive health and family planning.Osotimehin, a 61-year-old medical doctor and ...
Swine flu claims first victim in Nigeria and 11 others confirmed sick, health ministry saysNigerian health officials are reporting the first swine flu-related death in the West African country.The Federal Ministry of Health says a 38-year-old woman in Lagos became sick ...