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Lao midwife's story 3: Young, midwife and taking active role in leadership against COVID-19
My name is Siliphone Kharykham. I am 19 years old and I am from Dontun Village, Xienghone District, Sayaboury Province in Lao PDR. I am graduating as a midwife this year. What I most love about my... Read more
Lao midwife's story 2: My job teaches me humanity everyday
My name is Lotchana Nonpasith. I am 41 and I am from Dongdumduan Village, Kaysone District, Savannakhet Province in Lao PDR. I have been a midwife for almost 16 years now. I enjoy the job I am doing... Read more
Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife As the world battles COVID-19, women continue to get pregnant and babies are still being born. ... Read more
Lao midwife's story 1: Realizing my dream job of providing sexual reproductive health services
I am Samayphone Souliyavong. I am 21 years old and I am from Phukkhaya Village, Atsaphone District, Savannakhet Province in Lao PDR. I am studying midwifery and this is my final year. I chose this... Read more
Lao PDR: Personal Protection Equipment for protecting front line workers against COVID-19
30 April 2020 Vientiane- “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. To protect health workers and ensure they continue to serve communities especially for maternal health, during COVID-19.... Read more
ສ.ປ.ປ. ລາວ: ອຸປະກອນເຄື່ອງປ້ອງກັນ ສຳລັບພະນັກງານແພດແນວໜ້າຕໍ່ຕ້ານ COVID-19
30 ເມສາ 2020 ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ - “ ການປ້ອງກັນແມ່ນມີມູນຄ່າກ່ວາການປິ່ນປົວ”. ເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງພະນັກງານສາທາລະນະສຸກ ແລະ ຮັບປະກັນວ່າພວກເຂົາຈະສືບຕໍ່ຮັບໃຊ້ຊຸມຊົນໂດຍສະເພາະ ສຸຂະພາບແມ່ແລະເດັກ, ໃນໄລຍະ COVID-19.... Read more
ຜະດຸງຄັນຊ່ວຍຊີວິດ: ໂຄງການເສີມສ້າງທັກສະທີ່ຕ້ອງໃຊ້ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມສູງ ເພື່ອພັດທະນາສຸຂະພາບແມ່ ໃນປະເທດລາວ
ວັນທີ 23 ເດືອນເມສາ 2020 ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ - ການລົງທຶນໃສ່ໃນການເພີ່ມພູນຄຸນະພາບການດູແລດ້ານຜະດຸງຄັນແມ່ນສົ່ງຜົນອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງຕໍ່ສຸຂະພາບຂອງແມ່, ໄວໜຸ່ມ ແລະ ເດັກນ້ອຍ. ໃນຄວາມເປັນຈິງ,... Read more
Midwives save lives: an ambitious skills building project to improve maternal health care in Laos
23 April 2020 Vientiane Capital - Investment in strengthening the quality midwifery care gives rise to a huge return on maternal, adolescent, and child health. In fact, previous successful projects... Read more
LAOS: national leadership and harmonized joint efforts for psycho social support
20 April 2020, Vientiane - As the world reaches the fourth month of COVID-19 pandemic, the needs of populations continue to increase, not only for health assistance but also for psychosocial support... Read more
World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to... Read more