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05 May 2020
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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
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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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10 April 2020
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UNFPA Sierra Leone provides technical support to radio teaching programme
UNFPA Sierra Leone provides technical support to radio teaching programme
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07 April 2020
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World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and…
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30 March 2020
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UNFPA Sierra Leone applauds decision to overturn ban on pregnant girls attending school
United Nations Population Fund commends the decision of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education to lift the ban on pregnant girls attending school.
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08 March 2020
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I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision…
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05 March 2020
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UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus…
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06 February 2020
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Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
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01 February 2020
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UNFPA pilots Firefly App to support family planning services in Sierra Leone
The Firefly App aims to reduce stock outs of family planning commodities at health facilities serving large communities through a mobile application that facilitates consistent,…
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