Project profile — UNFPA – humanitarian sexual and reproductive health assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Burkina Faso (4.55%)
• Nigeria (7.27%)
• Chad (6.84%)
• Cameroon (5.45%)
• Congo, Democratic Republic (17.72%)
• Ethiopia (10.46%)
• Central African Republic (8.18%)
• Niger (5.45%)
• Mozambique (5.45%)
• Burundi (3.64%)
• Mali (7.72%)
• South Sudan (7.27%)
• Somalia (8.18%)

• South of Sahara, regional (1.82%)

• Reproductive health care:
Reproductive health care (13020) (45.45%)
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (22.73%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (22.73%)
• Humanitarian aid: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (72011) (9.09%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)

December 2023 - During conflicts, natural disasters and other complex emergencies, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure the continued provision of life-saving interventions related to SRH services and protection from and response to sexual and gender-based violence. With Global Affairs Canada’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provides lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services and protection in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa through its members’ extensive network of community-based and local organizations. UNFPA and its partners provide comprehensive sexual gender-based violence response services, strengthen local capacity to deliver them, and raise awareness on key health issues and services in humanitarian contexts. Project activities include: (1) providing emergency obstetric care and sexual and reproductive health services to women and adolescent girls; (2) ensuring protection from and response to gender-based violence; and (3) providing health services, supplies, commodities and medication, dignity kits, and reproductive health kits to crisis-affected people.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved sexual and reproductive health of vulnerable populations; and (2) increased protection from and response to gender-based violence. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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