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Reproductive Health. Demographic Household Survey Brochures
Egypt Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS) have been conducted in Egypt since 1988 to provide information to policy makers and researchers about the health situation in the country. The EDHS is repeated regularly (every 3-5 years) and it offers useful information while also monitoring and evaluating changes in maternal and child health indicators. Policy makers; therefore, can use data from the EDHS series to monitor and evaluate current family planning and health programmes, and also plan future health-related strategies.
Assessment of the Logistics System, Ministry of Health, Egypt
The main findings and recommendations of the report focus on forecasting, financing and budgeting, procurement, brand selection and pricing, distribution, storage and the Logistics Management Information System (LMIS). The assessment was designed to diagnose areas that need improvement, monitor the system’s performance and raise stakeholders’ collective awareness about the system’s needs and, finally, gather logistics knowledge and use results from the analysis for future work planning.
Kabir U Ahmed, MD, MPH, Technical Adviser, UNFPA NY
Manal Ahmed El-Fiki, Consultant, UNFPA Egypt
Patrick Friel, PhD, Consultant, UNFPA NY
Jane Schuler-Repp, Consultant, UNFPA NY
Sexual Harassment in the Arab Region (En)
Findings from the Conference on “Sexual Harassment as Social Violence, and it’s Effect on Women”
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change. UNFPA- UNICEF Joint Programme: 2010 Annual Report
The goal of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting
(FGM/C): Accelerating Change is to contribute to the abandonment of FGM/C within a generation in 17 African countries where the practice is widespread through a holistic, human rightsbased, cross-border programme approach.
The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2009
UNFPA's Maternal Health Thematic Fund, initiated in early 2008, represents a focused effort to accelerate progress towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health, as outlined in Millennium Development Goal 5. This report outlines the activities, results and achievements from 2009 and looks ahead at future challenges.
Global Programme on Reproductive Health Commodity Security
Each year, more countries are establishing reproductive health commodity security as an integral and permanent component of the overall health sector plan and a key strategy in reducing maternal and newborn death and preventing the spread of HIV.
UNFPA Annual Report 2009
UNFPA's Annual Report 2009 provides an overview of achievements last year in saving mothers’ lives, planning families, preventing HIV infections and promoting the rights of women and girls. The report also highlights initiatives to address gender-based violence, to assist pregnant women in humanitarian emergencies and to bolster efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Global Strategy to Stop Health-care Providers from Performing Female Genital Mutilation
This global strategy against medicalization of FGM has been developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, including UN organizations and health care professional bodies, national governments and NGOs. The strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy makers in governments, parliamentarians, international agencies, professional associations, community leaders, religious leaders, NGOs and other institutions.
A Guide to Tools for Assessments in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Fifteen years after ICPD, a large global family of development workers committed to universal access to sexual and reproductive health continue to work on improving the lives and expanding the choices of individuals and couples. Reproductive health is a human right, yet reproductive health conditions are the leading cause of death and illness in women of childbearing age worldwide. At least 200 million women who want to plan their families or space their births lack access to safe and effective contraception.
Climate Change Connections
UNFPA and WEDO have developed a comprehensive resource kit on gender, population and climate change. Learn how gender equality can reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts and how women are uniquely positioned to help curb the harmful consequences of a changing climate.