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US $11.5 million for reproductive health

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    The United Nations Population Fund has granted US $11 million (CFA francs 7.7 billion) for the implementation of a reproductive health programme in the Kolda and Tambacounda regions of southern Senegal. The programme aims to increase access to reproductive health among the population between now and 2006, UNFPA reported on Thursday. The Ministry of Health and its UN partner targeted Kolda and Tambacounda, in particular, because they have poor health indicators, including a maternal mortality rate of 1,200 deaths per 100,000 births and low use of contraceptive methods. Fertility rates are also high in the regions, with women in Tombacounda having an average of 6.5 children, and those in Kolda having 6.3 children on average. The programme was launched in Senegal by government officials and UNFPA representatives on Tuesday.

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