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8 April 2020

UNFPA pioneers digital solutions to sexuality education as classes move online amid COVID-19 pandemic

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Irena Lozana knew something was wrong when her son Kan stopped talking and began to withdraw from other people, preferring to play alone. “Building typical friendships and playing games with others is not part of his life yet,” Lozana says. Kan, now 11, is a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a

7 April 2020

World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Their life-saving skills go far beyond delivering babies; midwives educate, empower and enable women to lead healthy lives and

2 April 2020

UNFPA North Macedonia donation to help the most vulnerable in Covid-19 response

Skopje, North Macedonia - Today, the UNFPA Office in North Macedonia made a donation in hygiene products aiming at helping women, pregnant women and the elderly, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic needs defined by the state health institutions. The donation, comprised of 2.800 hygiene items was delivered to the Public Health

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