UNFPA - Country Programme Support DRC
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This contribution aims at strenthening UNFPA's capacity to deliver on the results set by the organisation's country programme for DRC covering the period 2020-2023. In DRC, all indicators concerning maternal health, sexual and reproductive services and rights (SRHR), including poor access to contraceptives are alarming. Also, overall policy environment with ...
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This contribution aims at strenthening UNFPA's capacity to deliver on the results set by the organisation's country programme for DRC covering the period 2020-2023. In DRC, all indicators concerning maternal health, sexual and reproductive services and rights (SRHR), including poor access to contraceptives are alarming. Also, overall policy environment with regards to SRHR and population dynamics is inadapted to country's challenges. UNFPA is a key actor in DRC whose strong action within the framework of its global mandate is needed to support both decision makers, implementing actors (international and national), and different target groups (professionals as well as services users, such as the youth). This contribution proposes providing an institutional support to UNFPA in the country to allow them flexibility, freedom and means to position themselves and provide the needed assistance to the multitude of actors on SRHR and related issues in the country.
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Result
Yet this is only the first year since this new funding modality was decided upon, UNFPA is very active on all SRHR issues in DRC, comprising provision of PF commodities to selected areas; in supporting the training of humanitarian midwives, in fighting SGBV and assisting the government to prepare next population's census, etc. Selected results that can be mentioned include: - A study on COVID-19 and pregnancy outcomes is being carried out in collaboration with other stakeholders such as WHO and international NGOs; - 8 health facilities in Ebola high risk areas in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri benefitted from major rehabilitations within the framework of health system strengthening and the nexus-building back better; and 300 health staff from 20 health facilities benefitted from capacity building in PCI. These 20 health facilities equally benefitted from equipment and medical supplies with additional funds from Paul G Allen Foundation; - Two new pools of “humanitarian midwives” from Goma (for 31 midwives from North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema and Ituri provinces) and Kananga (for 32 midwives from Kasai Central, Kasai, Kasai Oriental and Sankuru provinces) were trained on preparedness and response in humanitarian emergency situations during this reporting period; - Much progress has been made in light of obtaining a law regulating the midwifery profession in the country. The bill was placed on the parliamentary agenda during the current session and referred to commission for in depth analysis. In order to promote better understanding of the bill, two sessions have been organized, firstly to sensitize a group of young parliamentarians and secondly to sensitize a group of parliamentarians on the importance and urgency to have a law regulating the profession of midwifery. The bill is under study at the cultural and social commission of the parliament and is expected to be voted into law by the end of the year. UNFPA is supporting the Midwifery Association of Congo and all stake holders in advocacy efforts to obtain this law; - Communication on GBV protection and prevention measures in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Family and Children, Association of female leaders, activists on violence against women, One-Stop Centres for the holistic management of rape and HEFORSHE champions; Youth: 25,000 adolescents received comprehensive sex education at school through the KITUMAINI Initiative; 22,000 adolescents received a comprehensive sex education out of school and entrepreneurial skills through KITUMAINI; 70,000 reusable masks have been produced by young people as part of the offers to prevent against covid 19; 10,000 adolescent girls use youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services; 1,100 vulnerable people (women, orphans, people with disabilities, students, etc.) benefited from Covid19 protection kit. - Midwifery: UNFPA, working in partnership with Sanru, equipped the newly rehabilitated skills laboratory of the Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales (ISTM) Kindu/Maniema with training dummies and other training materials. This was also carried out in the ISTM of Tshikapa/Kasai early this year where Sanru rehabilitated the skills lab of this midwifery training institution which UNFPA equipped with training dummies and training materials; UNFPA has rehabilitated the ISTM of Kalima in Maniema and is negotiating with Sanru to complete with water, hygiene and sanitary installations upgrades; UNFPA and partners are working towards celebrating the international year of midwives and nurses in Kinshasa on the 4th of December. The Swedish Embassy is invited as a key player both for UNFPA and the midwifery profession.
This contribution is intended to support the UNFPA DRC country office in contributing to the following objectives: (1) strengthened national capacities to improve financing and develop and implement policies and programmes that address sexual and reproductive health and right’s needs; (2) integrated high quality services delivery and information for maternal health, family planning, Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV, (3) to ensure that young people and adolescents, especially disadvantaged adolescent’s girls are empowered to have the capacity to claim their rights and access to sexual and reproductive health services; (4) to strengthened national accountability mechanisms to prevent SGBV and promote gender equality and to provide holistic care to victims of SGBV. These objectives will be pursued in stable as well as in humanitarian context. In addition to the aformentioned objectives it has been decided to provide additional support to UNFPA, as the global champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and as the lead agency of the Task Force on SEA allegations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to strengthen safeguarding mechanisms including prevention, response, coordination and community engagement with regards to PSEA.
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