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Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new... Read more
UNFPA distributes mama-baby bags to encourage pregnant women to use health services
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 5 June 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has commenced the distribution of mama-baby bags to mothers in the maternity wards of selected health facilities.... Read more
Joint United Nations–34 Military Hospital COVID-19 Treatment Centre Commissioned
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 29 May 2020 – The United Nations in Sierra Leone has successfully constructed and handed over a specialized COVID-19 treatment centre at the 34 Military Hospital to the... Read more
UNFPA marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
The United Nations Population Fund joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, with the theme "... Read more
End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!
While fistula has been virtually eliminated in developed nations, hundreds of thousands of women and girls in the developing world still live with... Read more
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines
UNFPA Sierra Leone celebrates midwives on the International Day of the Midwife
UNFPA in Sierra Leone joined the world in marking the International Day of the Midwife on 5 May 2020. The International Day of the Midwife recognises... Read more
Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
As the world battles COVID-19, women continue to get pregnant and babies are still being born. Childbirth doesn't stop for pandemics, and... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone partners with Africell Sierra Leone to promote sexual and reproductive health information
The United Nations Population Fund on Tuesday, 21 April 2020, entered into a partnership with Africell (SL) Limited, through a Memorandum of... Read more