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UNFPA cares for healthcare workers during coronavirus
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UNFPA cares for healthcare workers during coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives, but it has left the elderly, pregnant women, and frontline healthcare workers especially vulnerable.   The ability of health professionals to stay well and care for others during these uncertain times will be the difference between…
Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed
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Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed
16 April 2020 AZRAQ CAMP, Jordan/HOMS, Syria/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I invested the first four days of the lockdown calling beneficiaries to inform them of the availability of virtual support,” Orouba Amin, a counsellor in the Azraq refugee camp in…
UNFPA’s Work with the Elderly
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UNFPA’s Work with the Elderly
COVID-19 has left many people vulnerable to infection and death, with the elderly among the most affected. Horrific stories of grandparents dying alone or hospitals turning away patients have been reported around the world. Today, 1 in 8 people are…
As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
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As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health system responses and announcing movement restrictions affecting millions. But amid these efforts, policymakers…

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