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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
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
Somalia moving towards ratifying CEDAW
n the quest to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) conducted a technical capacity building training... Read more
Ensuring NO woman dies giving birth in a humanitarian situation
Fatuma's story "My name is Fatuma Abdi; I am 30 years old and a mother of five children. I live in Dalxiska IDP camp here in Kismayo. When I got pregnant for the fifth time, Safio, our traditional... Read more
Puntland moving midwifery forward
The Puntland State of Somalia, through the Ministry of Health, is working on improving midwifery services in the region. Between 8 and 9 August, the... Read more
Young leaders make the case for peace in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Fatima Abdi Ali, 21, belongs to a very small minority of game-changers: young women activists pushing for progress in Somalia. Somalia’s youth face an uphill struggle. More than... Read more
Senior citizen passionate about data for development
A role model for numerous young Somalis, senior citizen Nur Weheliye, continues to exhibit his zest for learning and for using technology to make advances in the development of Somalia. In August,... Read more
Strengthening Effective Coordination in the fight against GBV
UNFPA, with funding from the Office of the United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)/USAID, is working on strengthening the technical capacity... Read more
Renewing the fight against maternal and new-born mortality in Somalia
The Ministry of Health for the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and its partners in the health sector on July 13 launched the National Fistula... Read more
On World Population Day
MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director 11 July 2015