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

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

22 April 2020

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

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

16 April 2020

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Imprisoned, quarantined women need hygiene supplies in El Salvador

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

21 April 2020

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

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

15 April 2020

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

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

14 April 2020

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

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

13 April 2020

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COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict

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

06 April 2020

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

31 March 2020

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Gender-based violence spikes amid pandemic, shelters need support

03 April 2020

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

Resource date: Jun 2020

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