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UNFPA promotes infection prevention and control to stop Ebola transmission in reproductive health services and maternity settings in DRC
UNFPA and the DRC government are using an innovative approach to reduce the heavy toll that the Ebola virus has taken on health workers, while caring... Read more
Ebola: UNFPA in the Democratic Republic of the Congo intensifies Ebola protection trainings as move to stop Ebola transmission in maternities
Beni, October 30th, 2019. In its efforts to strengthen the Ebola Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) intensifies training of obstetrical personnel,... Read more
UNFPA’s New Vision for the elimination of obstetric fistula in DRC
Obstetric fistula remains one of the daunting public health challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo hence, a priority for UNFPA who considers it a human rights violation in line with the theme... Read more
UNFPA provides medical first aid to Congolese repatriated from Angola in the territories of Luiza and Kasai Central
A large group of about 16000 persons were repatriated from the Lovua refugee camp in the Angolan province of Lunda Norte. These persons voluntarily expressed the desire to return to the DRC after... Read more
UNFPA Chief in DRC calls for increased efforts to protect women and girls in crisis in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu as sexual violences and survival sex rise
One month ago, an 11-year-old girl that we named “Anne” reached a UNFPA supported health facility with her mother, somewhere in the Ituri province. Welcomed by a nurse, she could barely talk and tell... Read more
UNFPA invites the media to become champions of reproductive health rights
The commemorative activities of World Population Day 2019 started on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, with a press lunch in Kinshasa. The leaders of the professional press organizations (UNPC, the CSAC),... Read more
On the sidelines of the celebration of WPD 2019: UNFPA inaugurates 3 vocational apprenticeship centers for vulnerable teenagers in N'SELE
25 years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt in 1994, UNFPA accelerates the implementation of the promises in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more
WPD 2019: 25 years later, we still have a long way to go to live up to the promise of Cairo
World Population Day 2019 was commemorated on 11 July 2019 under the theme 25 years of the ICPD: Accelerating the Promise. The World Population Day was marked by a high level ceremony held in the... Read more
The First lady of DRC, Mrs Denise NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI presided over activities marking the closure of International Midwifery Day celebration
« Midwives: defenders of the rights of women » was the theme of International Midwifery Day commemorated in DRC on the 9th of May under the auspices of the First Lady Ms Denise NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI... Read more
People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference... Read more