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Op-Ed: Menstrual health needs don’t stop during pandemics
Despite being an important issue concerning women and girls, Menstrual Health Management (MHM) is often overlooked within the framework of national development strategies and more so in pandemic... Read more
A mobile app that promises to improve reporting of family planning commodities in Kenya
Workers in health centres tasked with the reporting of the status of Family Planning commodities heaved a sigh of relief following the introduction of a mobile app known as QualiPharm. The mobile app... Read more
Op-Ed: COVID-19 Pandemic: Redefining the health system in Africa
The COVID -19 pandemic has drastically challenged and strained health systems worldwide. All components of the health delivery architecture - from human resources to physical infrastructure - have... Read more
A ray of hope in Baringo crisis: flood survivors get UNFPA Dignity Kits
Rain is usually a harbinger of good tidings and its coming is met with jubilation. People usually prepare their lands for the beginning of the planting season. This was not the case for 12-year-old... Read more
Provision of family planning commodities amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing tremendous disorder to health systems around the world, disrupting global supply chain of essential reproductive health commodities and supplies, hindering access to... Read more
Launch of the State of Kenya Population and State of the World Report 2020
The Government of Kenya through the National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Hon. (Amb.) Ukur Yatani, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender Prof. Margret Kobia, and the UNFPA... Read more
Against My Will: State of the World Report Launched in Kenya
The Government of Kenya through the National Trea- sury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Hon. (Amb.) Ukur Yatani, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender Prof. Margret Kobia, and the UNFPA... Read more
Op-Ed: Responding to elderly people needs not be philanthropic
Africa is often referred to as the ‘world’s youngest continent.’ This is certainly true when one compares the median age of Africans, currently 19 years, while Europe’s median age is 43 years and... Read more
Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report 30 June 2020, NEW YORK—Every year,... Read more