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Faces of Recovery: Women more “vulnerable” after earthquake
Taina Camy works on gender-based violence issues for the UN’s population agency, UNFPA, and was on the frontline of helping vulnerable women and girls in the aftermath of the earthquake. “Immediately... Read more
Preventing HIV, sex-based violence and precocious pregnancies in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, September 20, 2021- The Association for the reduction of Vulnerability in Haiti (AREV-Haiti) raised awareness among 400 young people, teenagers, sexual workers (SW) and LGBTIQ (... Read more
UNFPA scaling up humanitarian assistance in Haiti to help survivors of earthquake
Women and girls face extreme risks as health and protection systems weaken UNITED NATIONS, New York, 24 August 2021 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is scaling up... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic may have lasting consequences on population
For some, it has led some to postponing childbearing. For others, disruptions in health care have led to unintended pregnancies. Although we have yet to get a full picture of the impact of COVID-... Read more
Health care for women displaced by violence in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti --- 165 women - whose shelters were set on fire by armed gangs in Tabarre Issa, Galette Greffin, a locality in the commune of Pétion-Ville - participated in a mobile clinic... Read more
Maternal and Neonatal Health Response Services closer to the women
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The North West Health Direction of the Ministry of Public Health and Population organized a mobile clinic in Bombardopolis, a municipality of 4 hours and a half drive from Port... Read more
Cyber-harassment: young people are not spared in Haiti
Have you already been victim of violence while using the internet like insults, false information and sharing of private pictures without your authorization? Young Haitians have answered in a poll... Read more
Toward a New Midwives Training Center in the Nord of Haiti
Places reserved for the North-West For the Midwives International Day, May 5, with the support of the Haiti Midwives Association and UNFP, the Health Authorities of Haiti have announced an extension... Read more
Trust the evidence: invest in midwives
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem International Day of the Midwife 5 May 2021 Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the... Read more
Saving the lives of women, girls and newborns
Beaumont, a commune in Haiti in the Grand'Anse department in the Corail district, generally has many cases of early pregnancy, according to members of its population. Kétia Lizaire, midwife at the... Read more