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COVID-19 strikes Yemen as humanitarian funding dries up
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COVID-19 strikes Yemen as humanitarian funding dries up
SANA’A, Yemen – On 10 April, Yemen announced its first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19. Since then, 34 more cases and 7 deaths have been reported. Health workers, already stretched to the limit by five years of grinding conflict, are sounding the alarm that…
Motherhood during Coronavirus
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Motherhood during Coronavirus
Update July 6, 2020: though UNFPA does not have any programming in the United States, American mothers still deserve care. New reporting from Propublica shows that a lack of U.S. research on the effects of coronavirus for pregnant women has…
Ethiopia’s midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery
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Ethiopia’s midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Today Ethiopia has more than 70 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a fact that has placed the country’s midwives on high alert. “Midwives cannot maintain physical distance with a labouring mother like in other wards, making them too prone…
UNFPA cares for healthcare workers during coronavirus
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UNFPA cares for healthcare workers during coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives, but it has left the elderly, pregnant women, and frontline healthcare workers especially vulnerable.   The ability of health professionals to stay well and care for others during these uncertain times will be the difference between…

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