Batula Hassan Abdi,PhD

Technical Advisor SRH UNFPA- the Caribbean subregion: An advocate for girls/ women's health |Views Expressed here are my own. RT≠ endorsement

[Batula Hassan Abdi,PhD @bathassan]

Last week, I joined Director a.i. Harold Robinson for a great week in Belize 🇧🇿! ✅ Launched Steering Committee for our Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Project ✅ Engaged BFLA- walking the talk of LNOB ✅ Engaged partners on our next UNFPA Caribbean programme #LeaveNoOneBehind

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

🇧🇿 Our Director, Harold Robinson is in #Belize this week for courtesy calls to advance #SRHR, #population development and ending gender-based violence.

📌 Met with Mrs. Joan Burke-Skeen, Executive Director of @@BFLA_bz
📌 Met with H.E. Amalia Mai, CEO of the @MFABelize

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

#Midwives are the centrepiece of every safe birth, but they need more than just our thanks.

They need:
🟠 Fair pay
🟠 Legal protection
🟠 International training standards

It's time to empower those who care for so many: https://t.co/mV5F8DkuAc

#GlobalGoals #DayoftheMidwife

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

What keeps #reproductivehealth supplies on shelves across the Caribbean?
Better data. Better planning. Better outcomes.

🔴 @UNFPACaribbean hosted the OECS RH Quantification & Budgetary Costing Workshop through the #BuildBackEqual Initiative, supported by @CanadaDev.

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

Access to reproductive health supplies isn't a luxury & Belize is taking action. 🇧🇿

The Quantification Capacity Assessment under the #APP Project is bringing @MOHWBelize and @BFLA together to ensure the right supplies reach the right people.

#EndAdolescentPregnancy
@CanadaDev

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

🧡Behind everything we do is a team making it possible.

And this #WomensHistoryMonth we're shouting them out! 🎉

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

The UNFPA Caribbean team shows up every single day for #Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, #GBV in Emergencies, and #PopulationData — doing the hard, necessary, and often unseen work that changes and saves lives across the region.

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

Join us over the next 2 days for the Caribbean Convening of Women, Youth, Indigenous & Grassroots Organisations! Today begins with the UNFPA/ Equality Fund Round Table on building resilient Caribbean futures, followed by our opening reception at 7:00 PM #CaribbeanConveining2026

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

💻 UNFPA in Belize—together with partners, the Gov of Luxembourg and Ireland through the #LNOB Project—has handed over 11 laptops to the @MOHWBelize to strengthen how essential medical and reproductive health supplies are tracked and delivered. 🇧🇿

@cooperation_lu

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

🤰🏾 What does #adolescentpregnancy really cost a country?

Under the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Project, with support from @GAC_Corporate, UNFPA convened key ministries to review early Milena Study findings and strengthen evidence-driven policy in Belize.

@canadainjamaica

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

🇸🇷 #Suriname just launched the Canada-funded Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Project — strengthening rights, access and opportunities for girls and young women, especially in #Indigenous and Tribal Communities.

#16Days #InvestInGirls

@UNSuriname @CanAmbGuyana

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

🏥 UNFPA & the Midwives Association of 🇯🇲 visited the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where the obstetric and antenatal units were hit hard by #HurricaneMelissa. Yet #midwives continue to show extraordinary resilience, providing life-saving care to mothers and newborns.

#SafeBirth

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

#thread

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In the aftermath of #HurricaneMelissa, women have stood at the forefront of recovery: leading as shelter managers, community organizers, and protectors of those most at risk.

#WomenLead #HumanitarianResponse #GBVinEmergencies #SRHRinEmergencies @UNJamaica

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

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Approximately 2,130 women are expected to give birth in the coming month. Ensuring they can access essential maternal health services, including emergency obstetric care, is vital to preventing maternal and newborn deaths.

#JamaicaEmergency

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

3/3 #UNFPA is on the ground assessing the needs of health facilities, & distributing critical medical & health supplies. But we need your help.

Please make a #donation now & ensure lifesaving services are available to women & girls during this emergency: https://t.co/eH37yWRxbK

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

⚕️ The #MISP training in🇹🇹 brought together a committed network of health professionals, national agencies, and partners — all united in one goal: strengthening Trinidad and Tobago’s humanitarian readiness.

#WhatWeDoWednesday #EmergencyResponse

@UN_TandT

[Batula Hassan Abdi,PhD @bathassan]

#hurricaneMelissa babies were born under the care of committed, courageous, and compassionate midwives—a powerful reminder that, storm or no storm, labour/childbirth do not pause, underscoring the critical need for life-saving reproductive health services at all times.

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

👶🏽🌪At St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, as #HurricaneMelissa battered #Jamaica, ten babies were safely delivered during the storm, thanks to the courage and skill of remarkable midwives who refused to let crisis interrupt care.

#SafeBirths

📸 ©️: UNFPA

@themohwgovjm @UNJamaica

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

#HurricaneMelissa damaged hospitals and health centres in #Jamaica that women and girls rely on most.

🏥 At Cornwall Regional Hospital, the obstetric & antenatal units were hit hard, yet midwives continue to provide life-saving care to mothers & newborns.

#SafeBirth
@UNJamaica

[Susana Sottoli @ssottoli]

Thousands of women & girls at risk after #HurricaneMelissa. #GBV risks are rising in shelters & damaged health facilities is impacting emergency #obstetric care in #Jamaica, #Haiti & #Cuba. @UNFPA is responding with lifesaving support. Read more: https://t.co/f4bOaLiydQ

[UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean @UNFPACaribbean]

Due to the passage of #HurricaneMelissa, you have gone through losses in the last few days, so it is okay if you feel sad, confused, frightened, or angry.

If you are in Jamaica, reach out to the @themohwgovjm Suicide Prevention Hotline at 888-639-5433.

#MentalHealthMatters