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Latin America & the Caribbean
The Latin America and the Caribbean Division
oversees UNFPA activities in 30 countries: ten in the Caribbean,
eight in Central America and 12 in South America. countries. As
of 2003, the region was home to 534 million people, and its population
was growing at a rate of 1.46 per cent — down from 1.72 per
cent in the1990-1995 period. The region’s economy has not
kept pace with population growth in the past few years, and development
needs remain pressing.
Access to reproductive health information and
services in the region is closely tied to income. In spite of efforts
to make motherhood
safer, far too many women continue to die as a consequence of pregnancy
or childbirth. Confronting sexually transmitted infections, including
HIV/AIDS, is an urgent challenge, especially in the Caribbean subregion,
which has the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS after sub-Saharan Africa.
Given the threat of HIV and high teenage fertility rates, more
attention needs to be given to reproductive health information
and services for adolescents. UNFPA supports programming in all
these areas, and is active in multi-agency, multi-sectoral processes
to catalyze sustainable economic and social development within
the framework of the Millennium Development Goals. more
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| Belize |
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| Brazil |
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| Caribbean (English- and Dutch-speaking
countries)
Belize, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad
and Tobago, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas,
Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Turks and Caicos Islands
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| Chile |
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| Colombia |
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| Costa Rica |
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| Cuba |
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Dominican
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www.onu.org.do/fnuap/index.html
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Ecuador
http://www.un.org.ec/unfpa/index.html |
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Guatemala
www.onu.org.gt |
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| Guyana |
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| Haiti |
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Honduras
www.unfpa.un.hn
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Mexico
www.unfpa.org.mx
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| Nicaragua |
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| Panama |
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| Paraguay |
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| Peru |
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| St. Lucia |
see Caribbean above |
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| Suriname |
see Caribbean above |
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| Trinidad & Tobago |
see Caribbean above |
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| Uruguay |
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| Venezuela |
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