Project profile — United Nations Population Fund - Institutional Support 2015

• Europe, regional (14.00%)
• Africa, regional (45.00%)
• America, regional (15.00%)
• Asia, regional (26.00%)

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (20.00%)
Reproductive health care (13020) (20.00%)
Family planning (13030) (20.00%)
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (15.00%)
• Water And Sanitation: Education and training in water supply and sanitation (14081) (20.00%)
• Material relief assistance and services:
Material relief assistance and services (72010) (2.50%)
Relief co-ordination; protection and support services (72050) (2.50%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (significant objective)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (significant objective)
• Disability (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA uses these funds, along with those of other donors, to achieve its core mandate and functions. UNFPA’s mandate is to support countries in using population data to develop policies and programs that reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA focuses on three main areas: reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and population and development strategies. Canada’s support to UNFPA contributes to increasing access to reproductive health, developing development policies that take population dynamics into account, and improving the status of girls and women worldwide.

The expected outcomes for this project as stated by the United Nations Population Fund include: (1) countries are implementing effective nutrition programs (through supplementation and fortification) for young children; (2) in all program countries, water supply services have increased; (3) the number of new pediatric HIV infections is reduced, and a percentage of adolescents, in school and out of school, have the necessary information, skills and services to reduce their risk and vulnerability to HIV; and (4) there are more countries with improved systems of justice for children.

Results achieved by the UNFPA through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors in 2015 include: (1) 18 million women gained access to modern contraceptives and reproductive health services; (2) 11.2 million adolescents accessed sexual and reproductive health services; (3) 23.3 million accessed modern family planning methods; (4) 100 countries strengthened the skills and capacities of midwives, raised the quality of midwifery training and aligned curricula with international standards; (5) 687 million male condoms and 14.7 female condoms procured and supplied; (6) the health and rights of 5.1 million people in 43 crisis-affected countries (e.g. South Sudan and Syria) were protected; (7) 11 countries undertook the analysis of population trends and development; (8) distributed 500 vouchers per month to allow women to access maternal health services for free in Syria; and (9) helped 11 countries expand contraceptive options in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Proactive disclosure