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29 August 2022
Press Release
Investing in Ethnic midwives to protect maternal health in special cultural contexts in Lao PDR
Vida is a 28-year-old midwife from the Akha community who is proud of her role in ensuring women in Lao PDR realize positive maternal health outcomes. Based at Long District…
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19 August 2022
Press Release
Endorsement of Standard Operating Procedures improves health response to gender-based violence
19 August 2022, Vientiane Capital - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Commission for the Advancement of…
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15 August 2022
Press Release
Celebration of the International Youth Day 2022 promoting Intergenerational Solidarity
Vientiane Capital, 12-13 August 2022. The United Nations Population Fund joined Lao Youth Union (LYU) and partners to celebrate the International Youth Day under the theme: …
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01 August 2022
Press Release
UN Joint Programme protecting the dignity and wellbeing of Lao adolescents, youth and migrants
In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN-HABITAT and International Organization for Migration (IOM) collaborated to implement the UN…
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22 July 2022
Press Release
Progress for Lao women and girls’ rights reflected in the 10th CEDAW Report
Vientiane Capital, July 2022, Lao PDR is drafting the 10th National Report as part the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against…
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19 July 2022
Press Release
Celebration of World Population Day 19 July 2022, Savannakhet
Savannakhet, 19 July 2022 – A provincial celebration of World Population Day: “Towards demographic resilience: supporting individuals’ rights and choices”, was held by the…
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11 July 2022
Press Release
Celebration of World Population Day
Vientiane Capital, 11 July 2022 – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and key stakeholders in Lao PDR, celebrated World…
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06 July 2022
Statement
Seeing the Unseen: The crisis of unintended pregnancy
Mother and daughter, Liza and Agnes, living in a small seaside community of St. Bernard in the Philippines recalled the day Super Typhoon Rai made landfall. When I visited them,…
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22 June 2022
Press Release
Progress on the National Commitment on Family Planning
Vientiane Capital, 21-22 June 2022 – The Ministry of Health through the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion and Mother and Child Health Center, with support from the…
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