📢 Midwives🧡 are at the center of UNFPA's mandate. Our commitment to strengthening and recognizing this profession is boundless.
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#IMD2024 #MaternalHealth #SafeBirth

#Midwives are community heroes who fortify local health systems and fulfil women’s and girls’ rights to health, they are leading the charge towards a greener, more gender-equal future. Join us today as we celebrate their critical contribution to saving lives.

SL🇸🇱 honours midwives as climate champions. Min. Isata Mahoi lauds their vital role in maternal & child health amidst climate challenges. With support from UNFPA & partners, we're committed to bolstering midwifery & achieving #SDGs . #MidwivesMatter #InternationalDayoftheMidwife

Delighted to join #Midwives ' Association & Hon. Minister of #Gender to commemorate the International Day of the #Midwife . With UK in Sierra Leone 🇬🇧🇸🇱, UNFPA is proud to have supported Ministry of #Health to train & graduate over 1,800 midwives since 2010.

#IDM2024 #Midwives SaveLives

'When crisis strikes, midwives are often first on the scene, especially in remote communities. They know that babies arrive no matter a childbearing woman’s circumstances' - UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem. Details here: bit.ly/3UouAo7

We celebrate the strength of 21 women being discharged from Aberdeen Women's Centre after successful #fistula surgery.

In collaboration with MFA Iceland 🇮🇸, MoH & partners, we're helping women to reclaim their lives by supporting repair surgery & reintegration into communities.

Minister Chernor Bah speaks about President Julius Maada Bio's investment in human capital development at the #CPD57 event, organized by UNFPA in New York on the theme “demographic resilience in challenging times”. #SierraLeone #SaloneX David Moinina Sengeh UNFPASierraleon youtube.com/watch?v=iAzR4E…

A moving experience to participate in the gladi gladi graduation ceremony at the Aberdeen Women's Centre in #SierraLeone . Iceland has been partner through UNFPA Sierra Leone for the past five years where #fistula survivors get treatment

With 22% and 12% of our budget spent on #education and #health respectively, I shared that President Julius Maada Bio is a champion of #humancapital #development . #SierraLeone has decided to shape our destiny by fostering #demographicresilience . Thanks for featuring us in this critical…

Yesterday, Minister Chernor Bah highlighted #SierraLeone 's experience in advancing human capital development & empowering ♀️ and young people at #CPD57 #DemographicResilience event. Congratulations to SierraLeone for being featured for its commitment to #ICPD progress 👏🏾 Ministry of Planning and Economic Development

#CPD57 #ICPD30 #NoWomanShouldDieWhileGivingLife @unfpa Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/

with UNFPA Sierra Leone country director Nadia Rasheed discussing empowering female youth-led organizations. fruitful conversations around issues like sexual reproductive health and rights, and providing entrepreneurship and skills training opportunities.

Meet Umu Fye, a remarkable midwife leading the Labour Ward at Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown.

Trained by MoH with support from UNFPA and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , her dedication saves lives and empowers women every day.
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#SierraLeone ’s Information and Civic Education Minister Chernor Bah shared his country’s experience in building #HumanCapital by investing in the health and education of young people at our #CPD57 side event on #DemographicResilience at Challenging Times.

In partnership with Ministry of Health & The Global Fund, we're pleased to facilitate a South-South exchange visit to #Tanzania 🇹🇿led by Chief Medical Officer Dr Sartie Kenneh. The visit is aimed at strengthening pharmaceutical supply chains & access to health commodities in 🇸🇱.

Join us in celebrating our #midwives . Their tireless contributions help accelerate the #ICPD goals. Together, we can help end unmet needs for family planning, preventable maternal deaths, and gender-based violence.

Happy Independence Day to all Sierra Leoneans.

As #ECOSOC2024 sets d stage 4 #summitofthefuture , SLE's youth, powered by #UNFPA sierraleon , linked up with ECOSOC in NY for a concurrence session!Thrilled to facilitate a session with young leaders. Kudos #UNFPA for amplifying the voices of youth! UN DESA Sustainable Development Nadia Rasheed Ministry of Information and Civic Education MOICE

We have just welcomed two 40ft containers packed with 2.5 million condoms at the central medical store.

This is part of our commitment to help end unmet need for family planning and prevent #STIs and #HIV .

Let's end condom stigma and ensure health and wellbeing for all!

UNFPA Donates 2.5 Million Condoms, Tablets, and Power Banks to Health Ministry awokonewspaper.sl/unfpa-donates-…