Leaving no one behind: The UNFPA-backed initiative using drones to connect people with care in Botswana
MAUN, Botswana– In the remote village of Mababe, Botswana, getting results from a straightforward blood test is no simple matter. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports
TALAMANCA, Costa Rica/UNITED NATIONS, New York– “When I’m working in the gynaecology area and I see an Afrodescendent person, I feel concerned. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health systems across the Americas, UNFPA reports
TALAMANCA, Costa Rica/UNITED NATIONS, New York– “When I’m working in the gynaecology area and I see an Afrodescendent person, I feel concerned. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How UNFPA is engaging men and boys to shift damaging attitudes and further gender equality
BAKU, Azerbaijan/BAC GIANG, Viet Nam– For many people, finding out their baby’s birth sex is a cause for celebration – revealing the son or daughter they always dreamed of having. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns
DUDUMACAD, Ethiopia– “Saving the life of this baby was a miracle and a blessing for my family. I am immensely grateful,” said Amino Bashir, 25, as she held her new baby boy. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls
GOROKA, Papua New Guinea– ”The bilum is woven by women. The fibre is twisted by women. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Supporting women and girls in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha tears a path of destruction
RAKHINE STATE, Myanmar –“We need more health-care services and facilities in operation. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum
PORT SUDAN, Sudan– “I lost everything in the war. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Bonded for life: A UNFPA-supported midwifery student in Gaza delivers her own baby sister
GAZA, Palestine– It all happened so fast. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“A fight against oblivion”: How Colombia empowers communities to combat conflict-related sexual violence
UNITED NATIONS, New York– “There are many women who have been raped, mistreated by armed actors or by society itself,” said (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“Sanad is their lifeline”: Inside a UNFPA safe space in Egypt supporting women fleeing conflict in Sudan
CAIRO, Egypt– “There were dead bodies laying on the streets. I had to cover my six-year-old’s eyes so he didn’t see,” said Sudanese mother-of-six Hanaa Yassin. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“My life completely changed”: Treating bodies, minds and lives affected by obstetric fistula in Guinea-Bissau
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau– “I didn't know what obstetric fistula was, let alone that it could be treated,” says 33-year-old mother-of-two Maria. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Midwives in Bangladesh bring hope to survivors of Cyclone Mocha in world ’s largest refugee camp
COX ’S BAZAR, Bangladesh– Khadija*, 21, lives in a displacement camp for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How UNFPA helps elderly Venezuelan migrants and refugees envision their future in Brazil
BOA VISTA, Brazil– “I had a house, a car, everything I needed. When the economic crisis started, everything came crashing down,” said 70-year-old widow Alegria Campos. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - June 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
