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14 March 2016
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Government of Japan grants UNFPA 1.8 million US Dollars towards the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality to Somali women and newborns

The Government of Japan announced today that it has granted 1.8 million US dollars to UNFPA to support programmes aimed at reducing maternal and... Read more

11 February 2016
News

UNFPA Creates Awareness on MDGs, Post 2015 Development Agenda and ICPD Beyond 2014

UNFPA supported a football tournament in Puntland on 10th June 2014 at the Mire Aware Stadium in Garowe. The tournament which was organized by the... Read more

6 November 2015
News

Analytical reports for Somalia data under development

UNFPA in collaboration with Somali authorities and with the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Swedish Embassy has... Read more

29 October 2015
News

Using Performance and Poetry to Break the Silence in Somalia

The troupe of male and female entertainers emerges from their van in the centre of town, stomping and clapping and drumming on empty water bottles as a crowd, drawn by the music, gathers in the cool... Read more

1 October 2015
News

On a quest to save women's lives

Maymuun is from Lower Shabelle, a rural area south of Mogadishu in the Federal Government of Somalia. She is in her final stages of the direct entry... Read more

4 September 2015
News

Improving midwifery education in Somalia

Representatives from midwifery schools, associations, and ministries of health for the Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland came... Read more

2 September 2015
News

A safe house for GBV survivors in Mogadishu

A safe house, to be used as temporary protection accommodation for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) whose security and safety have been compromised, opened in Mogadishu on August 29. The... Read more

31 August 2015
News

More reproductive health services for the underserved in Somalia

In its quest to reach the underserved with reproductive health services, UNFPA Somalia is providing technical and financial support to ministries of health in South Central, Somaliland and Puntland... Read more

24 August 2015
News

Strengthening Somalia’s Supply Chain Management System for RH commodities

UNFPA Somalia continues to work on strengthening the Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) for all the three zones of Somalia in Mogadishu, Somaliland and Puntland for them to manage better... Read more

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