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05 May 2025
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A Lifeline for Mothers: How the Midwifery Training is Saving Lives in Sierra Leone
Midwives are central to UNFPA's goals of achieving zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet needs for family planning, and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices…
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05 May 2025
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Midwives on the front line: Health workers, humanitarians, heroes
When bombs fall or floods wash away roads and homes, where services are severed and infrastructure has collapsed, midwives are often the first responders and the last line of…
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07 April 2025
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We can and must end preventable maternal deaths
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day (7 April) Globally, women’s health during pregnancy and childbirth is better than ever before. This is…
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26 March 2025
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UNFPA joins stakeholders in supporting national efforts for the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Care Bill
UNFPA, alongside other partners, is playing a supportive role in this Government-led initiative, providing strategic advocacy, technical expertise, and communications support…
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08 March 2025
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A march forward to gender equality, for everyone
Investments in the health and rights of women and girls have changed the world, bringing us closer to equal voices and expanded choices than ever before. Women have taken giant…
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08 March 2025
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Against the Odds: Young Women Driving Transformative Change
Mariama Bundu, after facing hardship abroad, co-founded Women and Girls Against Irregular Migration, to support returnees and provide skills training. Her organization was one of…
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28 February 2025
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DSTI & UNFPA Partner to Digitize Sierra Leone’s Nursing and Midwifery Council Membership
The Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI), with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is spearheading an initiative to modernize the Sierra…
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20 February 2025
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SIERRA LEONE LAUNCHES NATIONAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND END CHILD MARRIAGE
The Government of Sierra Leone, through the National Secretariat for the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy and Child Marriage and line Ministries, in partnership with the United…
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12 February 2025
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UNFPA Partners with SLMDA to Spotlight Obstetric Fistula at National Conference
During the 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference for the Sierra Leone Medical Doctors Association (SLMDA), UNFPA partnered with the SLMDA and the Government…
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