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05 May 2020
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Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2020
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31 March 2020
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Epi-surveillance and contact tracing key to breaking COVID-19 transmission in Liberia
On 16 March 2020, Liberia confirmed the presence of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within its borders. One week later, health authorities declared a public health emergency;…
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07 February 2020
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Liberia: adolescents take advantage of information and services to prevent unplanned pregnancies
When I realized that I was pregnant, I just said to myself that the bad luck [misfortune] in my family has followed me. As was with my mother who got pregnant as a teen and…
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06 December 2019
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"I prefer being without a mother than to compromise my dignity": a rape survivor declares
“I first thought they were honest with their request to escort me home, but they raped me”, says Harriet (not her real name).
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10 October 2019
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UNFPA and Government of Liberia pledge to ensure a successful census in March 2021
The Government of Liberia with technical support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have declared their preparedness to ensure that Liberia holds a successful census…
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10 October 2019
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All-in-one injectable contraceptive, subcutaneous DMPA warms the hearts of women in rural Liberia
"Sayana Press can overcome access barriers by enabling health worker administration in remote locations, and even self-injection," says Mrs. Bentoe Z. Tehoungue, Director, Family…
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03 October 2019
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Empowered Adolescent Girls Hold the Key to Ending Poverty
“With 63 percent of the 4.6 million people under 25 years, and declining mortality and fertility, Liberia is supposed to begin moving towards the tipping point for a demographic…
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16 August 2019
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“Never Despairing”, Woman Speaks of Joy after her Premature Newborn Survived
Mothers and their newborns are most vulnerable during, and immediately after childbirth. Interventions that address their special needs remain critical to ensuring their survival…
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11 January 2019
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Traditional Leaders in Liberia Commit to Ending Child Marriage
We Traditional Leaders say now is the time to break the silence and condemn in entirety those things that depressingly affect our children most especially the girls by standing…
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