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Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) |

United Nations (UN) torture prevention body welcomes establishment of national preventive mechanisms in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa

The SPT monitors treatment and conditions for people deprived of liberty by conducting unannounced visits to police stations, prisons, psychiatric hospitals, immigration detention centres, drug rehabilitation centres and other places of deprivation of liberty

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “The OPCAT’s torture prevention architecture is built on the…

Mercy Ships

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Teenager Receives First Life-Changing Surgery as Hospital Ship Launches New Phase in Madagascar

Mercy Ships is an international NGO that operates state-of-the-art hospital ships, bringing free, safe surgeries to people in need

A 16-year-old girl is now free from a growing tumor on her neck after becoming the first patient to undergo surgery with international charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) in Madagascar in 2025. Rosalinda, from Mananara in northern Madagascar, received free surgery on Monday, March 10th on board the Africa Mercy® hospital…

World Food Programme (WFP)
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United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivers life-saving nutrition supplies to remote communities in Madagascar via unmanned aircraft

WFP is working with communities to build awareness and understanding of this delivery system, ensuring they can safely access the relief items

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has for the first time in three months, delivered life-saving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of Farafangana, southeastern Madagascar. The consignment of Plumpy'Sup - a lifesaving supplement for children suffering from malnutrition, was delivered via an Unmanned Aircraft System…

Mercy Ships

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Hospital Ship Africa Mercy® Returns to Madagascar: A Joint Initiative to Strengthen Access to Surgical Care and Healthcare Training

Since its first mission to Madagascar in 1996, Mercy Ships has performed more than 11,000 surgeries and provided 65,000 dental treatments

With a strong focus on human capital development, the Ministry of Public Health, in partnership with the international humanitarian organization Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org), announced the arrival of the hospital ship Africa Mercy® in Toamasina today. This return marks a significant step in improving access to quality surgical care for the…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
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African Development Bank’s Climate Action Window channels $31m to boost climate resilience in four countries

The Climate Action Window of the Bank Group’s African Development Fund seeks to mobilize $4 billion by 2025 to provide rapid and coherent access to climate finance

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved over $31 million in funding under its African Climate Action Window (CAW) to strengthen climate resilience in Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Madagascar. The Climate Action Window of the Bank Group’s African Development Fund seeks to…

Mercy Ships

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Mother’s Tumor Removed Through a Chance Encounter with Mercy Ships

Unable to afford surgery, mother-of-four Marie Elisa had lived with the growing tumor for five years

A 45-year-old woman has had a debilitating, an orange-sized tumor surgically removed from her jaw for free after she was spotted by team workers from international charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) in her village in Madagascar. Unable to afford surgery, mother-of-four Marie Elisa had lived with the growing tumor for five…

International Trade Centre

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Stitching dreams: Empowering Malagasy women through fashion

Women, entrepreneurs from across Madagascar, came together to learn, create, and grow under a training programme led by the Academy of Design & Innovation (ADI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC)

In a vibrant workshop in Antananarivo, the hum of sewing machines mixed with the sound of laughter as 19 Malagasy women immersed themselves in an extraordinary opportunity. These women, entrepreneurs from across Madagascar, came together to learn, create, and grow under a training programme led by the Academy of Design…

Mercy Ships

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Serving With Mercy Ships: A Journey of Hope and Growth

For Josoa Mino, a young man from Madagascar, joining Mercy Ships as day crew has opened doors to opportunities he never thought possible

Serving with Mercy Ships  (www.MercyShips.org) is more than just a job; it’s a life-changing journey that transforms not only the lives of patients, but also the volunteers and day crew who dedicate themselves to this cause. For Josoa Mino, a young man from Madagascar, joining Mercy Ships as day crew has opened doors…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Madagascar’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

Madagascar is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 20 to 31 January 2025

The human rights record of Madagascar will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday, 27 January 2025, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.  Madagascar is one of 14 States to be reviewed by…

UNFPA - East and Southern Africa
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“Marriage is a choice”: Working with people with disabilities to address gender-based violence in Madagascar

Child marriage is one of the most common types of gender-based violence in Madagascar, with 40 per cent of girls married before they are 18

“I live with my six children, one of whom has a disability,” said 40-year-old Zeteny, from the Anôsy region in Madagascar’s Grand Sud region. “I look after my disabled son full-time, and my 14-year-old daughter had to leave school to work and support us.”  Years of successive droughts have wrought…

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