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Protecting midwives on the front lines of the Ebola response

A simulation of childbirth in an infection prevention and control situation taking place in an environment sensitive to the Ebola virus. © UNFPA DRC

22 February 2020

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Surviving Ebola: “I was so afraid to die and be put in a body bag”

Jémima Masika was infected with Ebola and survived. © UNFPA DRC/Brigitte Kiaku

18 February 2019

Resources

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mobile Clinics Reach Women Hiding in Fear

Resource date: Jan 2019

Publisher: UNFPA

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New Ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Active conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is thwarting efforts to deliver life-saving sexual and reproductive health care to women and girls in need. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 September 2018

One year after Ebola’s end, a look at the needs of women and girls

19 June 2017

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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations

19 June 2017

Resources

1000s of lives saved during Ebola outbreak

Resource date: May 2016

Author: UNFPA Western and Central Africa Regional Office

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Young volunteers meet critical reproductive health needs in Liberia

Volunteer James S. Yangbie leads a discussion at the health club he started at Kaytoken Junior High. Talented youth volunteers are meeting reproductive health needs in Liberia, where conflict and the Ebola epidemic had left the health system shattered. © UNFPA/Ruth Fertig

01 July 2016

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Ebola prompts efforts to boost condom use in Liberia

Condoms are critical for preventing sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and – in Ebola-affected countries like Liberia – the Ebola virus. © UNFPA/Nordic Office

01 July 2015

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Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s maternal health needs take centre stage

11 May 2015