COTE D’IVOIRE: Progress Has Been Made But More Work Needed
Abidjan.net, The Daily Trust and the Nigerian Daily on 31 August and 1 and 3 September reported on a press conference, panel and interview featuring Bunmi Makinwa, director of the UNFPA Africa Regional Office. Mr. Makinwa spoke on the African WHO’s commitment to ensuring continued funding for health activities in the continent and the progress that has been made in the region. Read in French: Abidjan.net, Abidjan.net, The Daily Trust. Read in English: The Nigerian Daily
LEBANON: New Initiative to Establish National Women’s Agenda
Al Jadeed News reported on 3 September on UNFPA Lebanon’s role in an initiative aiming at establishing a national agenda for women and maternal health in Lebanon. This initiative is undertaken in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology NGO. Read in Arabic: Al Jadeed News