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Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services

calendar_today29 June 2020

A midwife speaks about family planning at a family planning "open house" at a health centre in Assahoun, Togo. © UNFPA Togo/Rita Gbodui
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Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

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Kabita Bhandari gives an information session about family planning to men staying at a quarantine centre in Baitadi District. © UNFPA Nepal
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Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

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Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians. © Vincent Tremeau/Banque mondiale
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Dignity kits bring hygiene supplies to vulnerable communities in pandemic-affected area of the Gambia

calendar_today01 June 2020

Dignity kits contain supplies to help women and girls protect themselves and their communities from the pandemic. © Gambia Red Cross Society/BubaDarboe
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Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

calendar_today11 May 2020

Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras
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Pandemic complicates humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and surrounding countries

calendar_today15 May 2020

Horihanny Del Valle, a pregnant migrant from Venezuela, has learned how to protect herself from COVID-19. © UNFPA Brazil
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May 2020

Author

UNFPA, AECID, WE DECIDE

Resources

COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities: Alt Text Key Messages

This Alt text infographic contains key messages promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response, including in relation to efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and secure sexual and reproductive health and rights. The PDF original can be found here.

Publication date

May 2020

Author

UNFPA, AECID, WE DECIDE

Resources

COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities: Key Messages

This infographic contains key messages promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response, including in relation to efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and secure sexual and reproductive health and rights. An Alt text version of this infographic can be found here.

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Pandemic leaves older populations struggling with isolation in Serbia

calendar_today27 April 2020

Brankica Jankovic takes calls at the UNFPA-supported hotline. Image courtesy of the Red Cross of Serbia
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Pregnant women, survivors of violence at risk in West Darfur clashes

calendar_today05 February 2020

Stigma is preventing survivors of sexual violence from seeking care and support. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
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