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26 January 2023
Press Release
Lao PDR: The First Country In ASEAN To Achieve ICM’s Midwifery Education Accreditation

Lao PDR: The First Country In ASEAN To Achieve ICM’s Midwifery Education Accreditation

26 January 2023, Vientiane, Lao PDR - The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), an accredited non-governmental organisation representing... Read more

21 December 2022
News
Bright Future In 2023 For Lao PDR And UNFPA Cooperation

Bright Future In 2023 For Lao PDR And UNFPA Cooperation

21 December 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR - Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) convened the Annual... Read more

19 December 2022
News
We can end AIDS but inequalities prevent this. We must #Equalize!

We can end AIDS but inequalities prevent this. We must #Equalize!

On World AIDS Day, December 1, a new UNAIDS report (Dangerous Inequalities) showed that unequal access to rights, services, science, and resources is... Read more

19 December 2022
Press Release
Ministry Of Health, Ministry Of Home Affairs And UNFPA Are On Course To Introduce Couples Counselling In Lao PDR

Ministry Of Health, Ministry Of Home Affairs And UNFPA Are On Course To Introduce Couples Counselling In Lao PDR

19 December 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR - Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and UNFPA organised a coordination meeting to... Read more

16 December 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Hackathon! Youth Innovation Challenge- Under The “Me, My Body, My Planet, My Future” Campaign

UNFPA Hackathon! Youth Innovation Challenge- Under The “Me, My Body, My Planet, My Future” Campaign

The Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 Hackathon was organised to identify and promote the role and voices of youth in shaping solutions for their... Read more

8 December 2022
Press Release
16 Days Of Activism 2022 Wraps Up Successfully At The German Embassy

16 Days Of Activism 2022 Wraps Up Successfully At The German Embassy

08 December 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR - The German Embassy Vientiane and UNFPA spearheaded an advocacy event to wrap up the 16 Days of Activism... Read more

25 November 2022
Press Release
Stakeholders Unite At The Patuxay Monument To End Violence Against Women

Stakeholders Unite At The Patuxay Monument To End Violence Against Women

25 November 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR - The National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Mother-Child (NCAWMC) and Lao Women’s Union (LWU), in... Read more

17 November 2022
News
Lao Statistics Bureau led the 3rd stakeholders Briefing on the preparation of the 5th Population and Housing Census of Lao PDR

Lao Statistics Bureau led the 3rd stakeholders Briefing on the preparation of the 5th Population and Housing Census of Lao PDR

17 November 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR – Lao Statistic Bureau (LSB), Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in collaboration with United Nations... Read more

11 November 2022
Statement
A family in Phonthong, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR @UNFPA2021

Why rights-based family planning is central to sustainable development

In the lead up to the International Conference on Family Planning, to be held in Pattaya, Thailand from 14- 17 November 2022, UNFPA’s Regional... Read more

9 November 2022
Press Release
UNFPA, LWU And MOH Improving Institutional Responses To GBV And Humanitarian Disasters In Lao PDR

UNFPA, LWU And MOH Improving Institutional Responses To GBV And Humanitarian Disasters In Lao PDR

To improve institutional response to GBV and monitoring of GBV incidents, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over more than $78,000... Read more

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