Resources

Overview - Humanitarian Action Thematic Fund

Resource date: Apr 2020

Author: UNFPA

News

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

Updates

UK steps up with new support to help UNFPA protect women and girls from COVID-19

14 Apr 2020

UNFPA's global appeal for COVID-19 funding prioritizes countries with weak public health and social support systems like Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

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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

Updates

Canada provides new funding in response to UNFPA's pandemic global appeal

10 Apr 2020

UNFPA is supporting public awareness campaigns to stop the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable countries like Syria. © UNFPA Syria

News

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

Updates

Italian assistance helps UNFPA protect vulnerable migrant women, youth in Sudan

13 Apr 2020

Sudan is a transit state for migrants coming from the Horn of Africa. © UNFPA Sudan/Soufian Abdul-Mouty

News

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

31 March 2020

News

Gender-based violence spikes amid pandemic, shelters need support

03 April 2020

Resources

COVID-19 Technical Brief for Maternity Services

Resource date: Jul 2020

Publisher: UNFPA

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