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Recent News
March 20, 2010
Mother- and child- friendly hospitals in Cuba provide newborns a healthy start to life
The reach and quality of child-and mother-friendly hospitals in Cuba sets one of the highest standards in the world. The hospitals offer a number of interventions that benefit both mothers and their babies. One such intervention is a "skin-to-skin" ward for underweight babies. Babies remain in the hospital with their mothers, living in close physical contact with them. The practice serves as an alternative to an incubator and provides infants with a better connection to mother and family.
March 19, 2010
Reducing gender-based violence against girls and women in Côte d'Ivoire
A significant number of girls and women continue to be victims of gender-based violence in Côte d'Ivoire. UNICEF is changing behavior and attitudes towards gender-based violence through community mobilization and sensitization campaigns. As a result of the campaigns victims are no longer rejected and isolated by society. More and more girls and their families are speaking out against sexual violence by reporting cases to authorities and advocating for a stringent application of the law.