Family Planning in Sierra Leone: An Integrated Approach

Published on: 02/09/2014

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.

Resources

Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programme Guidance for Countries

Resource date: 2012

Author: Technical experts from 7 partner agencies and 17 country teams from all UNFPA regions

Publisher: UNFPA

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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

26 September 2014

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Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

01 October 2014

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Serving Syrian refugee women amid Iraq's escalating crisis

UNFPA staff distribute dignity kits, containing essential hygiene supplies, to women in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Veronica Njikho

26 August 2014

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Quadruplets born in rural DRC, with help of emergency obstetric programme

Quadruplets born at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Niania, DRC. Photo credit: UNFPA DRC

15 August 2014

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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya

29 August 2014

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In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

Saba has her blood pressure checked during a consultation with a refugee nurse assistant at a sexual and reproductive health clinic in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Thailand

16 September 2014

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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq

08 August 2014

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Tens of thousands in need of maternal health services in Gaza

On 25 July 2014, woman stands near rubble in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-1005/El Baba

07 August 2014

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