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30 June 2020
Press Release
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 UNFPA report.
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06 June 2020
News
UNFPA distributes mama-baby bags to encourage pregnant women to use of 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…
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02 June 2020
Press Release
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 specialised COVID-19 treatment centre at the 34…
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23 May 2020
Press Release
UNFPA Sierra Leone marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 23 May 2020: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone today 23 May 2020 joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International…
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23 May 2020
Statement
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 this debilitating condition.
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12 May 2020
News
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives & life-saving maternal health medicines
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives & life-saving maternal health medicines
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06 May 2020
Press Release
UNFPA Sierra Leone celebrates midwives on the International Day of the Midwife
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone joined the world in marking the International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on 5th May 2020. The International Day of the…
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05 May 2020
Statement
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 neither do midwives.
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25 April 2020
Press Release
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 Understanding to support UNFPA’s…
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