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News Topic: Emergency Preparedness & Response

Despite pandemic and humanitarian crises, a family planning success story in Myanmar

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Over the past two years, the tenuous human rights environment in Myanmar has greatly deteriorated with the COVID-19 pandemic worsening inequalities and tensions between cultural groups. With the continued tension between Myanmar's military and ethnic armed groups, providing access to sexual and reproductive health is a significant challenge. The combination of the pandemic and the uncertain political situation exacerbates the sexual and reproductive health needs of people in Myanmar, as they face compounded effects of an unmet need for family planning.

Emergency Preparedness More Critical Now Than Ever

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Over the past several years, and specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is an understatement to say there have been shifts in our society. The pandemic has magnified the effects of other ongoing crises as climate change, natural disasters, war, and famine have had outsized impacts on supply chains and already strained health systems. Advocates have increased their calls to action around how to continue family planning services in crisis settings and how to reach people who have been forced to leave their homes due to the effects of climate change. 

News and Updates from FP2030

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It is an exciting moment to be writing, just ahead of the important changes taking place at FP2030 — changes that will officially mark the completion of our year of transition and the start of the next phase of our global partnership.