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Equiping midwives critical in upscaling reproductive health services to women in Timor-Leste amidst COVID-19 pandemic - Timor-Leste

Trainees attending sessions at National Hospital in Dili, Timor-Leste February 24, 2020. © UNFPA Timor-Leste Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, interruptions in healthcare systems has become common place in Timor-Leste, particularly in two municipalities currently under lockdown since mid February (Covalima and Bobonaro), that share a common border with Indonesia. Although the number of new infections in the Southeastern Asia nation are relatively low, compared to neighbouring countries there is a growing concern of rapid increase of local COVID-19 transmisions. As quoted in the local media recently, Dr Rui Maria de Araújo, Coordinator of Integrated Center of COVID-19 in Timor-Leste, said six new infections of COVID-19 reported in the country on February 25 were traced to local transmissions after performing swab tests to communities living near the border.

UN agencies through KOICA funding commit USD 7 7 million to support implementation of Timor-Leste National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence - Timor-Leste

UNFPA, UN Women, UNDP and IOM have strengthened their resolve to prevent and respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and support implementation of Timor Leste’s National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence with USD 7.7 million funding from KOICA. The UN agencies jointly reiterated their commitment during the launch of a four-year project held on February 16 in Dili, Timor-Leste. The Project christened“Together for Equality: Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Timor-Leste” that aims to provide support to key health and justice services, improving monitoring and reporting on violence in public and private spaces while addressing GBV in the context of disaster risk reduction.

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