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Intensifying ou efforts to end obstetric fistula.

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Resolution A/RES/73/147 on the intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula calls upon States and the international community to accelerate actions to end fistul a and reiterates the need for urgent efforts and significantly increased investment to improve maternal health by addressing sexual and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. The document further outlines key recommendations and actions, and calls for the development of a Global Road Map to End Fistula within a decade. The General Assembly,  Recalling its resolutions 62/138 of 18 December 2007, 63/158 of 18 December 2008, 65/188 of 21 December 2010 and 67/147 of 20 December 2012 on supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula and its resolutions 69/148 of 18 December 2014 and 71/169 of 19 December 2016 on the intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula, Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1 the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitle...