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UNFPA provides Delivery Kits to Flood-Affected Communities
Responding to the recent floods that have affected the country, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has provided the Ministry of Health with... Read more
140 new midwives saving lives of mothers and babies in Lao PDR
140 health facilities in remote areas all over the country now have professionally trained skilled health providers to save the lives of mothers and babies. The new Community Midwives were trained,... Read more
Lao PDR announce new commitment to save women and children
GENEVA, 19 May 2011-- 16 countries, including Lao PDR, announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as... Read more
Ministry of Health's Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health and Nutrition Programme receives additional boost from the UN
The health and nutrition of mothers, babies and young children in remote areas of Laos will receive a major boost thanks to the launch of the joint... Read more
Australia supports the Lao Social Indicator Survey (MICS/DHS)
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 6th June 2011 - The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) signed an agreement with the United Nations... Read more
Luxembourg provides Euros 8.1 million to promote maternal, neonatal and child health in Lao PDR
Vientiane, March 4, 2011: Efforts to improve the health of women and children living in remote areas of Lao PDR have been given an important boost... Read more
National Assembly Hosts Conference on Gender Based Violence
The National Assembly of the Lao PDR, the Lao Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (LAPPD) and the Lao Women... Read more
MPI and UNFPA announced the winners of the essay contest about the importance of data for development
VIENTIANE, Lao PDR - The Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announced the winners of the... Read more
23 July 2010: World Population Day 2010: Everyone counts
More than 140 countries worldwide will observe World Population Day around 11 July by emphasizing the importance of data for development. In this... Read more
Laos attended Women Deliver Conference in Washington
Vientiane (Lao PDR): The Lao delegation led by Dr. Ponmek Dalaloy, Minister of Health, has just returned to Vientiane having attended the global Women Deliver Conference, held in Washington DC from 7... Read more