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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
Putting the brakes on COVID-19: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls
Freetown, Sierra Leone – Officially, the COVID-19 pandemic has sickened 1,613 people and left more than 62 dead. But the full toll of this catastrophe has been incalculably greater. Health systems... 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 UNFPA report 30 June 2020, NEW YORK--Every year... 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
End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Last November, the world convened in Nairobi to celebrate the tremendous gains of the... Read more
UNFPA marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 23 May 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) joined the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, with the theme "End... Read more
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines
FREETOWN, 11 May 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is supporting the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines to all... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone celebrates midwives on the International Day of the Midwife
FREETOWN, 5 May 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (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... Read more
Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife As the world battles COVID-19, women continue to get pregnant and babies are still being born. ... Read more