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Dispelling myths around cervical cancer screening
All but one of the 20 countries with the highest caseload of cervical cancer in the world are
in Africa. 2gether 4 SRHR is working to increase the number of women and girls screened
and improve treatment services.
What Works in HIV Prevention? Promising Practices from East and Southern Africa
There is no time to lose if the East and Southern Africa region is to meet the 2025 targets for HIV prevention. UNFPA has collected examples of successful interventions for HIV prevention in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and Uganda, each containing a selection of evidence-based priority actions.
Learning and insights to improve joint UN programming at the regional level: Lessons from 2gether 4 SRHR
As a joint UN programme that combines the specialized expertise of UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO, 2gether 4 SRHR was designed to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in 10 countries in East and Southern Africa. This report addresses the administrative, governance, management and operational issues that UN agencies need to consider when developing and implementing joint programmes.
Resilient Futures: Young People, the Climate Crisis, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This guide helps the workshop facilitator explain climate change and how it links to gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The workshop encourages young people to think about the natural world and how their health and well-being are connected to the environment around them.
A framework for Engaging Men on HIV Testing, Treatment and Prevention in ESA
In many countries in East and southern Africa, the region with the highest HIV burden, more than half of men aged 24–35 years living with HIV are unaware of their status and therefore not on treatment. This imperils their own health and increases the risk of HIV transmission.
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2022: East and Southern Africa Region
The State of the World's Midwifery: East and Southern Africa Region report calls for investment in four areas: (i) health workforce planning, management, and regulation and, in the work environment, (ii) high- quality education and training of midwives, (iii) midwife-led improvements to SRMNAH service delivery and (iv) midwifery leadership and governance. It also includes recommendations for advancing midwifery, in five main areas.
Investing in three transformative results: Realizing powerful returns
This research publication shares the economic returns in investing in transformative results committed by UNFPA: ending unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; and ending harmful practices. Overall, the research shows that investing in UNFPA transformative results brings powerful returns by 2050.
Rapid Review of Healthy Ageing and Long-term Care Systems in East and Southern Africa
This new report provides an overview of population ageing and health trends in 23 countries in East and Southern Africa, and assesses the readiness and responsiveness of health, social welfare and long-term care systems to ageing and the needs of older people in the region.
Rapid Review of Healthy Ageing and Long-term Care Systems in East and Southern Africa: Country Summary Report – Kenya
This report provides an overview of population ageing and health trends in Kenya, and assesses the readiness and responsiveness of health, social welfare and long-term care systems to ageing and the needs of older people in the country. It assesses the state of frameworks and structures in place to support healthy ageing and provides a set of recommendations to inform policy development and strategic interventions going forward.
Rapid Review of Healthy Ageing and Long-term Care Systems in East and Southern Africa: Country Summary Report - Ethiopia
Ethiopia is the largest country in East and Southern Africa (ESA) in terms of population size, with a total projected population of almost 115 million in 2020 (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2019). Of this population, approximately 5.3 per cent or around 6.1 million people are over the age of 60 years, making it the country in ESA with the largest population of older people. In-line with demographic trends elsewhere in the region, this proportion is projected to rise to 9.1 per cent by 2050.