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Girls in Uganda become SDG "ambassadors," fight teen pregnancy with poetry

12 August 2016
Students perform their award-winning poem, "The Life that is Worthy." Their message makes them ambassadors of sustainable development, said leaders at the 2016 Music, Dance and Drama Festival.
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Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s maternal health needs take centre stage

11 May 2015
A woman and her baby rest at a UNFPA-supported health facility in Liberia. © UNFPA Liberia
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Standing guard against Ebola’s return in Mali

22 January 2015
Fanta Coulibaly screens travelers at the Bamako-Senou International Airport. © UNFPA Mali
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Mobile app promises to speed Ebola response in Guinea

05 January 2015
Contact tracers are trained to use the CommCare app in Ratoma. © UNFPA Guinea
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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

26 August 2014
Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
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Pregnant in the shadow of Ebola: Deteriorating health systems endanger women

20 October 2014
A woman is in labour at her home in Gbarnga, Liberia, under the care of a traditional birth attendant. The Ebola outbreak has left a number of many health facilities inaccessible, forcing many pregnant women to deliver at home. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia/Calixte Hessou
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Fear of health workers fuels Ebola crisis in Guinea

03 October 2014
A health official in Guinea, where UNFPA assisting in the Ebola response. Photo credit: UNFPA Guinea
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Sierra Leone's contact tracers work to curtail Ebola outbreak

14 October 2014
Contact tracers attend a training at a UNFPA-supported workshop in Sierra Leone. They are playing a critical role in the public health response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo credit: UNFPA Sierra Leone video
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Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

11 August 2014
UNFPA Regional Family Planning Coordinator Brima Kamara conducts a training for community contact tracers. Photo credit: Crispin Cole
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Fresh out of Conflict, Sierra Leoneans Face New War with Micro-sized, Formidable Foe: the HIV Virus

17 July 2002
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