MASERU, April 13 -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in concert with the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has joined forces to mount response efforts for the victims of the recent floods and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The collaboration was built on Thursday last week as stated in the UNFPA statement.

These intervention efforts follow the heavy rains which had swept the bridges in some parts of the country resulting in challenges of travelling by pregnant women and other women to access health services and family planning services in some quarters of the country.

The floods are reported to have also washed away the crops and the houses thereby compromising their shelters and survival.

The prospective recipients are set to rece...