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Somalia’s health indicators, especially for women and children rank among the lowest in the world. Recently published statistics show that maternal mortality and deaths of children under five remain high, while female genital mutilation is still widespread. Prevalence of early marriage also contributes to high fertility rates. These issues are further exacerbated by cramped conditions in the country’s over 2 000 sites for internally displaced persons. An innovative partnership between WHO, ...

An innovative and unique partnership: WHO, Sweden and Somalia work together to improve health outcomes for all Somalis Sweden is working closely with WHO to support the establishment of an independent Somali public health authority: The National Institute of Health GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2021/APO Group/ -- Nearly 30 years of conflict and instability have heavily marked Somalia’s recent history. Some gains are being made, but the country still faces many challenges ahead. Somalia’...

24 Mar 2021 ILGA World seeks a Programme Officer to work in the context of its Gender Identity & Expression and Sex Characteristics Programme (GIESC Programme). The GIESC programme roots in the assessment that violence, discrimination and prejudice of persons of diverse SOGIESC has a common cause: the cis-endosex-heteronormative social model in which gender and sex are perceived as binary, mutually exclusive and a consequence of a person’s body. The aims of the programme are to advocate for m...

An innovative and unique partnership: WHO, Sweden and Somalia work together to improve health outcomes for all Somalis An innovative and unique partnership: WHO, Sweden and Somalia work together to improve health outcomes for all Somalis 1 February 2021 Swedish Ambassador, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO joint UHC High-Level mission to Hargeisa and Garowe. Nearly 30 years of conflict and instability have heavily marked Somalia’s recent history. Some gains are being made, but the country still f...

An innovative and unique partnership: WHO, Sweden and Somalia work together to improve health outcomes for all Somalis Format Somalia’s health indicators, especially for women and children rank among the lowest in the world. Recently published statistics show that maternal mortality and deaths of children under five remain high, while female genital mutilation is still widespread. Prevalence of early marriage also contributes to high fertility rates. These issues are further exacerbated by cr...

TODAY Wikipedia The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to 32 health facilities in Enugu State. The items include face masks, gloves, surgical long cuffs, goggles and other materials. The Senior Programme Officer, Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) Benin, Edo State, Chioma Ekwo, who presented the UNFPA-funded items to the Enugu State Government at the weekend, said the group was working with three civil society organisati...

Interim relief handed over to farmers whose livestock were killed by wild animals Updated: Updated: January 30, 2021 04:09 IST The campaign was held jointly by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF - India) and Talavadi Adhivasigal Munnetra Sangam (TAMS), Share Article AAA Nihar Ranjan, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, handing over a cheque to a farmer at Hasanur in Erode on Friday.   The campaign was held jointly by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (W...

ADDIS ABABA - The COVID-19 pandemic has regressed key aspects of democracy in Africa and the Middle East, including the disruption of electoral processes, restrictions on civil liberties like freedom of expression, and increasing persecution of opposition leaders and parties. The pandemic has hit the region at a time in which the significant advances of democracy in the last decades were coming to a halt.   These are the findings from the The major challenges brought about by the pandemic inv...

Belgium Provides Additional USD 1.8 Million for UNMAS Activities in Iraq [EN/AR] Format Baghdad, 27 January 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1.5 million (approximately USD 1.8 million) from the Government of Belgium that will play a pivotal role in supporting the Government of Iraq to assist those impacted by explosive ordnance. The Government of Belgium will contribute to strengthening national capacity in the mine actio...