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Learning from Ebola experience, Liberia deploys contact tracers to break COVID-19 transmission
UNFPA is co-leading the COVID-19 surveillance effort and the coordination of contact tracing. Heroic contact tracers are risking their lives to contain the disease.
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Imprisoned, quarantined women need hygiene supplies in El Salvador
Women in prisons rely on hygiene items supplies delivered by relatives during visitation days – which have halted due to the global pandemic.
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Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed
“During my visits, I saw a woman being beaten by her husband during the curfew,” a Syrian outreach worker said.
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When quarantine is unsafe: Domestic violence survivors seek help in Ukraine
For too many women, safety from the virus is not safety from violence.
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Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery
“Midwives cannot maintain physical distance with a labouring mother like in other wards, making them too prone to acquiring infection with the virus.”
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Infection-control supplies delivered to Viet Nam maternal health facilities amid COVID-19 pandemic
Health experts in Viet Nam are calling for efforts to ensure continuous access to maternal health care amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Delivering triplets in war-torn Yemen, under shadow of pandemic
“We also kept hearing on the television about a new virus called corona that is killing people in many countries," said Aisha Hussain Sibtan. “I was even scared to go to the hospital."
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Bangladesh midwives continue saving lives as country responds to pandemic
When a young woman arrived at this Dhaka hospital with deadly post-partum haemorrhage, midwives did not have time to assess whether she might have COVID-19.
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COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict
As the number of COVID-19 cases nears 1,500 in Ukraine, UNFPA is urgently distributing medical kits containing disinfectant and personal protective equipment.
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