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Digital solutions to HIV-related discrimination

A newly launched digital app, Sehat Dost, provides key populations with access to HIV services in Pakistan. The app empowers users through features such as one-click delivery of HIV self-testing kits, a resource library, and geotagged locations of HIV treatment centers.

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Rakhine: A Famine in the Making

Rakhine is on the verge of an unprecedented disaster due to a combination of interlinked issues. Restrictions on goods entering Rakhine, both internationally and domestically, have led to a severe lack of income, hyperinflation, and significantly reduced domestic food production. Essential services and a social safety net are almost non-existent, leaving an already vulnerable population at risk of collapse in the coming months.

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Supporting Typhoon affected communities in Myanmar

Typhoon Yagi continued to affect several countries in the region. As part of the response, UNDP’s ENCORE project distributed Household Emergency Assistance Packages, including hygiene kits, food, and tools, to flood-affected areas, benefiting 24,765 household

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Maryam from Iran’s Khuzestan Province is among 1211 women who have adopted environmentally friendly practices in their businesses.

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Check out how Beijing Daxing International Airport in China is using innovative tech-based solutions and green upgrades to promote long-term energy-saving.

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Building Just Societies: Timor-Leste's Justice Reform

A reflection in the context of UNDP's "Conference on Achieving Just Societies – Inclusive Justice Pathways for People and Planet in Asia and the Pacific

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India launches Universal Immunization WIN (U-WIN)

UNDP is supporting the Government of India in rolling out eVIN and U-WIN to improve the efficiency of immunization campaigns for pregnant mothers and children

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The One Stop Service Delivery Centre (OSSD) in Chaurjhari, Karnali Province, Nepal, has significantly improved municipal services, making it faster and easier to access services such as vital registration, agriculture, education, and basic health services

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Women in parliament

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Population Living in Multidimensional Poverty

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