Focus Areas
Working towards global reproductive choice; autonomy and empowerment; and gender equality.
Commitment Makers
Creating a future for women and girls with the freedom and ability to lead healthy lives.
COVID-19 is already causing disruptions in family planning services. UNFPA estimates that 47 million women may lose access to modern contraception if the situation continues for 6 months and could lead to nearly 7 million unintended pregnancies.
The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) in India worked strategically through its adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) program to reach first-time parents with informed-choice counseling and modern contraceptive services over a six-month period ending June 2019 in five cities in Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur and Varanasi).
Following the warning of the United Nations Population Fund that the lockdowns may result in seven million unwanted pregnancies worldwide, the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday reminded couples to practice family planning during the enhanced community quarantine.
Family Welfare Division to start a hotline to provide suggestions for pregnant women
Rutendo* was getting close to her due date when the government announced the 21-day lockdown to tackle COVID-19. She stays in a farming area, 35 kilometres from the nearest healthcare facility, and her chances of getting an ambulance in time for emergency care were always minimal. Rutendo’s older sister died five years ago from complications in pregnancy and her mother, not wanting to take any chances, sent Rutendo to the nearest district hospital to ‘sit and wait’ for a safe delivery before the lockdown came into effect on 30 March. Rutendo delivered a bouncing baby girl the very next day. In pain, she expected to stay at least two days under observation, but she was discharged after one night when the lockdown began.
Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released on Tuesday by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners.
Health experts in Viet Nam are calling for efforts to ensure continuous access to maternal health care amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. More than 260 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country, mostly in and around Ha Noi City.
Today Ethiopia has more than 70 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a fact that has placed the country’s midwives on high alert.
Every year, nearly 700 million women access modern contraceptive methods, over 90 million give birth in a health facility, and tens of millions access safe abortion services all around the world. However, in the midst of this pandemic, bad policies and structural barriers may contribute to many people losing access to these essential services.
COVID-19 travel restrictions in Ethiopia are forcing pregnant women to give birth at home, health workers say.
