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Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

23 June 2020
Kabita Bhandari gives an information session about family planning to men staying at a quarantine centre in Baitadi District. © UNFPA Nepal
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Youth mobilize to support Egypt’s front-line health workers

25 June 2020
Y-Peer volunteers wear protective gear as they assemble the dignity and hygiene kits. © UNFPA Egypt
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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

30 June 2020
Without urgent action, the situation for women and girls could worsen. Artwork by Fatma Mahmoud Salama Raslan.
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Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

28 May 2020
The pandemic is affecting how people experience menstruation. © PONY for UNFPA
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Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

11 May 2020
Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras
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Pandemic complicates humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and surrounding countries

15 May 2020
Horihanny Del Valle, a pregnant migrant from Venezuela, has learned how to protect herself from COVID-19. © UNFPA Brazil
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Responding to the Challenge of Non-communicable Diseases

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This brief covers UNFPA's work on addressing non-communicable diseases, primarily the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer and giving attention to adolescent and maternal health.

This brief comes as part of UNFPA's membership on the UN Interagency Task Force on prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.

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