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Obstetric Fistula Repair Camp at Mulanje District Hospital
UNFPA in Malawi will once again support Mulanje District Hospital to conduct obstetric fistula repair session/camp with technical and financial support from Freedom from Fistula Foundation and... Read more
Nikolai Astrup applauds UN Joint programme on Girls Education
Lilongwe- Norwegian Minister for International Development, Nikolai Astrup applauded the UN in Malawi for working together in delivering results as one. He was speaking this during his visit to... Read more
Ground-breaking Menstrual Health Symposium
UNFPA and partners are to hold the first-ever, potentially life-changing meeting on managing menstrual health for women and girls in the East and Southern Africa region. The Fund seeks to sponsor... Read more
Narrowing the gap among service providers through integration of SRH/HIV services
Nkhata-bay-Malawi, - It only takes less than 20 minutes for Matilda Nkhata, 59 to walk to Liuzi health centre so that her granddaughter, can get ART treatment at the facility. She is 15 and in... Read more
Dan Odallo, UNFPA Malawi Representative retires
Lilongwe-Malawi - After working for 17 years in the UN, Dan Odallo, UNFPA Representative for Malawi has retired. Odallo came to Malawi and worked for almost two years. During his time, he has... Read more
Pioneering the Menstrual Cup in Malawi
Lilongwe, MALAWI- Towera, a 29 year old primary school teacher and mother of two, had never used a menstrual cup until December 2016. With a simple introduction by her friend, Towera made the... Read more
Malawi launches 2017 SWOP alongside “Untold stories” TV documentary
UNFPA Malawi launched the 2017 State of the world population report alongside a documentary that has an account of the lives of the girls that have been withdrawn from marriages and put back in... Read more
The “Untold Stories” of girls rescued from child marriages
Lilongwe- UNFPA Malawi country office, in March 2017, embarked on an ambitious project to document a sample of 50 girls that have been rescued from child marriages and put back in school. The girls... Read more
EmPOWER girls: before, during and after crises
Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational... Read more
Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 October 2017 — Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the... Read more