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Learning from Ebola experience, Liberia deploys contact tracers to break COVID-19 transmission

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Contact tracers are urgently being recruited, trained and deployed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the challenges they face are similar to those in the earlier Ebola epidemic, including mistrust and misinformation. © UNFPA Liberia/Calixte S. Hessou

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Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed

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Outreach workers in Syria are raising awareness about the pandemic. © UNFPA Syria

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Imprisoned, quarantined women need hygiene supplies in El Salvador

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UNFPA and UN Women have distributed more than 1,300 dignity kits containing essential hygiene supplies such as soap and menstrual pads to women living in prisons and quarantine centres. © UNFPA El Salvador

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When quarantine is unsafe: Domestic violence survivors seek help in Ukraine

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Calls to the National Hotline on Combatting Domestic Violence increased by more than 25 per cent in the first two weeks of quarantine. © La Strada Ukraine

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Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

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“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia. © Ethiopian Midwives Association

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Infection-control supplies delivered to Viet Nam maternal health facilities amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Front-line health workers are particularly at risk of being exposed to the virus. © UNFPA Viet Nam

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COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict

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A boy at home in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine. People are urged to stay home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and health services are being scaled down. © UNICEF/UN0243125/Morris VII Photo

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As COVID-19 pandemic increases childcare burden, calls for Georgian men to step up

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Gender-based violence spikes amid pandemic, shelters need support

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Learning from Ebola experience, Liberia deploys contact tracers to break COVID-19 transmission

Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed

Imprisoned, quarantined women need hygiene supplies in El Salvador

When quarantine is unsafe: Domestic violence survivors seek help in Ukraine

Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

Infection-control supplies delivered to Viet Nam maternal health facilities amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict

As COVID-19 pandemic increases childcare burden, calls for Georgian men to step up

Gender-based violence spikes amid pandemic, shelters need support

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic UNFPA Global Response Plan

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