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![Nurse Edna Hilario performing Auscultation of Firosa's baby during her pregnancy consultation. © UNFPA Mozambique Midwifery: Nurse Edna Hilario performing Auscultation of Firosa's baby during her pregnancy consultation.](https://zimbabwe.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/nurse-performs-ante-natal-consultation-in-pemba-cabo-delgado_52312265920_o_1.jpg?itok=46NrE4rm)
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023
Every year on this day, we celebrate midwives for their unwavering commitment to saving lives and ensuring the health and wellbeing of women and... Read more
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2023
Every two minutes, a woman dies giving birth. As the clock counts down another year, 287,000 more women will meet the same tragic fate. Most of these... Read more
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both... Read more
![Launch of the Health Resilience Fund and Health Strategies by the Vice President of Zimbabwe, the UN and funding partners](https://zimbabwe.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/hdf_pictures_web_story_.jpg?itok=MP4Hpeqq)
Government and partners launch new strategies and programmes to support health in Zimbabwe
Harare, 23 January 2023 – At a high-level event held today at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare, Honorable Vice President of the Republic of... Read more
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Zimbabwe launches Family Planning 2020 commitments and Family Planning Strategy
Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 December 2022 – In a groundbreaking occasion, Zimbabwe launched the Family Planning 2020 commitments and Family Planning... Read more
![1 in 3 women and girls in Zimbabwe experience Gender Based Violence](https://zimbabwe.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/break_the_silence_report_child_sexual_abuse_copyright_unfpa_zimbabwe_resized.jpg?itok=ZFkejd-n)
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022
With the global population recently reaching 8 billion, we can celebrate many signs of human progress. Better health and longer lives brought us to... Read more
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Stories from the field: A new hope – Luana’s story
“My mother seems to be happier now than she was before she started visiting the safe space created in my village. She takes pleasure in the... Read more
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Free from intimate partner violence: Sarudzayi’s story
“I found myself walking barefoot, cold, and homeless in the middle of the night. I was scared, confused, and had tears streaming down my cheeks as I... Read more
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“Now I can work and take care of my children whilst I am away from my abusive husband…” - Gender Based Violence survivor
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a multi-hazard humanitarian crisis where a protracted climate change crisis has been further exacerbated by... Read more
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Zimbabwe hosts regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Symposium
Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe hosted the regional 2Gether4SRHR Knowledge Sharing Symposium in Victoria Falls from 11-13 October where over 20 countries... Read more