The first lady of the Puntland State of Somalia, Dr. Hodan Said Isse on August 11 2016, hosted a social awareness and fundraising event at the Puntland State University in support of the fistula repair campaign slated for August 20 to August 25, 2016 at Garowe General Hospital. The campaign was carried out by an international medical humanitarian organisation, Physicians Across Continents (PAC), and supported by the Ministry of Health in Puntland in collaboration with UNFPA Somalia.
Obstetric fistula
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The UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, promotes gender equality, reproductive health, youth empowerment. The organization was created in 1969, the same year the UN General Assembly declared “parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children”. Together with partners, UNFPA works in 150 countries, and in Ukraine since 1997.
Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
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United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)
No. of pages : 98
Publication date : 25/08/2011
Author : UNFPA
This UNDAF has been prepared by the United Nations Country Team in Bosnia and Herzegovina in consultation with the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other partners, with the aim of improving the lives of the people of BiH, and particularly the most vulnerable
Four main goals have been identified that will set the direction and scope of action of UN system development assistance in the next five years. These are:
The Ministry of Health in Puntland in conjunction with an international medical humanitarian organisation, Physicians Across Continents (PAC), will carry out obstetric fistula repairs during a campaign to take place from August 8 to August 12, 2016 at Garowe General Hospital. The initiative is supported by UNFPA Somalia.
UNFPA GCC Newsletter
No. of pages : 8
Publisher : UNFPA GCC
Publication date : 17/07/2016
Author : UNFPA GCC
UNFPA GCC April-June 2016 highlights some important topics, including UNFPA recent activities in Oman and the region including UNFPA/WHO Joint Action Programme with MoH-Oman, and UNFPA GCC remarkable visit to the Girls House in Al-Buraimi governorate in Oman, in addition to our recent agreement of co-operation with the National Youth Commission in the country. On regional level, the newsletter highlights UNFPA participation in the Arab conference on the role of civil society in the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The newsletter also conveys the statement made by Dr.
Garowe, 23 May 2016 – The Ministry of Health of Puntland State of Somalia, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other stakeholders, today marked the International Day to End Obstetric under the theme “end fistula within a generation”.
The first lady of the Federal Government of Somalia Her Excellency Zahra Omar Hassan has pledged to support the movement to end fistula in the country within a generation.
The first lady expressed her support during the commemoration of the International Day to end Obstetric Fistula on May 23 in Mogadishu. She indicated that she was going to support the Ministry of the Health to advocate for ongoing intervention in saving the lives of women and restoring the hope of Somali women with obstetric fistula.
High-level Symposium on the Demographic Dividend and Africa's Development - E-Newsletter
No. of pages : 12
Publisher : UNFPA WCARO
Publication date : 24/06/2016
Author : UNFPA WCARO
This e-newsletter presents the highlights of the High-level Symposium on Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development.
UNFPA in Myanmar
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
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KABUL, Afghanistan – For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged, obstructed labour, and lack of emergency maternal health care, left her with an obstetric fistula – a hole in the birth canal that leaks urine or faeces.
