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19 May 2020
News
Collaboration with a reference hospital for the reorganization of the care activity within the maternity unit amidst COVID-19
UNFPA, in collaboration with a team from the Directorate of Mother and Child Health, has developed an approach that enables pregnant women and newborns to be guided.
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10 May 2020
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Lack of menstrual hygiene products increases vulnerability during crisis
Although since January 2020, the Government of Djibouti has exempted menstrual hygiene products from all taxes, economic difficulties and restrictions in movement generated by…
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23 April 2020
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Ensure continuity of services and safety of care amid the COVID-19
While even before the COVID-19 pandemic, all reports indicate the existence of many gaps in the country's health system, the rapid and exponential increase in the number of…
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07 April 2020
Statement
Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day
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27 March 2020
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Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
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23 March 2020
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Respond to GBV in a situation of disruption of basic rights and services
Due to the increasing confinement and anxiety of its providers, the National Union of Djiboutian Women (UNFD), coordinator of response services for survivors of GBV is unable to…
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18 March 2020
News
UNFPA Arab States Regional Office launches ‘A Women Even Here’ campaign
Cairo, 8 March 2020 – UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) is marking this year’s International Women’s Day by launching a digital awareness and fundraising campaign ‘A Woman…
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16 March 2020
Press Release
UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year
NEW YORK, USA, 16 March 2020 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating…
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06 March 2020
Statement
I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day
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