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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”
JEREMIE, Haiti – The night Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Marie-Lyrette Casimir, 46, was the only midwife on duty at the maternity unit of St. Antoine Hospital in Jérémie. It would be the only... Read more
LAUNCH OF A CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF THE HURRICANE MATTHEW ON GIRLS IN HAITI
Port-au-Prince, Nov. 4, 2016 --- One month on from the day Hurricane Matthew made landfall (4th October 2016), UN agencies championing girls will launch a campaign to highlight the impact the... Read more
THE POWER OF THE ADOLESCENT GIRL: VISION FOR 2030
STATEMENT OF UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN, ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD, 11 OCTOBER Today, as we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, the world has... Read more
Brave the rain, walk to seize a rare opportunity
Port-au-Prince -- Marimène has walked many kilometers in the rain, on August 25, 2016, to come to the mobile clinic in Bel-Air, an isolated, mountainous and bumpy communal section of Belle-Anse (... Read more
Official launch of the commemorative activities of the International Youth Day in Haiti
Port-au-Prince -- President Jocelerme Privert and several government ministers participated, on 10 August 2016, in the official launch, in Haiti, of the celebration of the International Youth Day (... Read more
HAITI: ADVOCACY FOR INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD POPULATION DAY
Port-au-Prince, 12 July 2016--- Hundreds of teenagers and young people took part in the official celebration, in Haiti, of the World Population Day on the theme of investing in adolescent girls.... Read more
ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF HAITI BECOMING ACTORS FOR CHANGE
Port-au-Prince, July 5, 2016 --- Daphné Fertil, 19, is an eleven grade student in a public school in Port-au-Prince. After attending the theater forum focused on investing in adolescents girls,... Read more
RESPONDING TO THE RISK OF OBSTETRIC FISTULA IN HAITI
Port-au-Prince, June 30, 2016 --- The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and UNFPA organized, in Port-au-Prince, May 30, a panel of experts on fistula, with the participation of various... Read more
PREPARATION OF THE SIXTH COOPERATION CYCLE BETWEEN HAITI AND UNFPA
Port-au-Prince, 16 May 2016 --- The Minister of Planning and External Cooperation officially launched on 11 May 2016, in Port-au-Prince, the preparation of the new cooperation program 2017-2021... Read more
HEALTH CARE AND ADVOCACY : THE BACKGROUND OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDWIVES DAY
Port-au-Prince, May 6, 2016 --- More than one hundred women and newborns received care at OFATMA hospital, northern part of Port-au-Prince, May 4, 2016. The Association of Nurse-Midwives of Haiti (... Read more