by Raphael | Jul 30, 2020 | COVID-19, DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
By Brendan Vickers & Salamat Ali, Commonwealth Secretariat The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented health, economic and humanitarian crisis for the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs), including 14 Commonwealth member countries in Africa, Asia and the...
by Raphael | Jul 21, 2020 | DRR News, India-UN Development Partnership Fund, News
21 July 2020. The India-UN Development Partnership Fund, managed by UNOSSC, is working rapidly to support projects to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Areas of focus for the projects include increasing national healthcare capacities, reducing risk of transmission,...
by Raphael | Jul 21, 2020 | India-UN Development Partnership Fund, News
The government of Palau and UNOPS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that aims to improve the quality, availability and access to primary healthcare services through resilient infrastructure. A $1.5 million grant from the India-UN Development Partnership Fund...
by UNOSSC | Sep 3, 2019 | UNFPA
Challenge Around 214 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe and effective family planning methods, for reasons ranging from lack of access to information or services to lack of support from their partners or communities....
by Raphael | Aug 2, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In Egypt, number of individuals that are in need of short- or long-term non-hospital health care is increasing. Working family members rarely are available, have the time, or have the necessary skills to provide the required health services and care at home....