Denmark contributes $3.6 million to protect women and girls' health and rights in Ukraine and Moldova
UNITED NATIONS, New York - The Government of Denmark has contributed 25 million Danish Krone (US$3.6 million) to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, for its humanitarian r (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Coming together to change social norms and stand against female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
BETITI, Ethiopia– “We asked around and found the woman who cuts girls in the village,” said 19-year-old Bereket Merihun. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Floods in Yemen upend lives for tens of thousands already fleeing brutal conflict
SANA ’A, Yemen– “The sky was full of clouds, then suddenly heavy rain washed away our shelters. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
‘Dream and fight’: Afrodescendant nurse lifts up marginalized women in Costa Rica
LA PALMA/SAN, JOS É Costa Rica– “I want to be remembered as a woman of African descent who always dreamed and fought for what she wanted, despite her circ (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
After six months of war, physical and mental scars ravage generations across Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine– “He winces at sharp sounds, maybe as a consequence of the first days after his birth. Why should he have to go through this?” (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Front-line workers restore health, hope and humanity in the direst settings
Yemen/Bangladesh/Ukraine– “A few weeks ago, a pregnant woman called me late at night in desperate need of help,” Molok told UNFPA. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns
PAKTIKA, Afghanistan– “There was a woman who was heavily pregnant. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Amid gruelling violence and economic collapse, women and girls in Haiti need urgent support
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– As Haiti’s economy teeters on the brink of collapse and essential services crumble, residents of the capital Port-au-Prince are caught in a horrifying crossfire of surging gang (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Bridging digital and generational divides in Moldova
CUIZ ĂUCA, Moldova– Last year, retired teacher Elena Gobjila returned to the classroom. But this time, she was the student. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Sri Lanka ’s once robust health system nears collapse amid crisis – and pregnant women pay the price
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka– When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child, in October of 2021, she could not have imagined that she would find herself, hours before delivering her baby, in a (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In Costa Rica, indigenous youth leaders are blazing a trail toward a better future for women and girls
CHINA KICHA, Costa Rica– Cheymi Gallardo Sánchez became a mother at age 15. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Conflict fuelling sexual violence in northern Ethiopia
MEKELLE, Tigray– “We tried to flee on the back of a truck, but they caught us. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Speaking out for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Egypt
MENUFIYA, Egypt– “The village is very conservative, so it was a challenge to earn their trust,” said Salma Abdel Moneim, a reproductive health worker in Menufiya, in northern Egypt. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fear and optimism as world population poised to reach 8 billion – amid historic fertility slowdown
UNITED NATIONS, New York– The United Nations announced today that the world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022 – a milestone for humanity – and in 2023 India is projecte (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Gender and income inequalities driving teenage motherhood in developing countries, new report confirms
UNITED NATIONS, New York– Almost one third of women in developing countries had their first baby while they were still in their teens, (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
