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Türkiye Earthquake Situation Report #1

Türkiye Earthquake Situation Report #1

Situation Report

On 6 February, two big earthquakes with 7.8 and 7.6 magnitudes, respectively, hit areas of Türkiye and neighbouring countries. The epicenters of the earthquakes were in Kahramanmaraş province in southeastern Türkiye. They also affected nine neighbouring provinces: Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa. The earthquakes caused significant loss of life and mass destruction of residential and public buildings, including hospitals.

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UNFPA Appeal for Türkiye Earthquake Response

UNFPA Appeal for Türkiye Earthquake Response

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On 6 February, two big earthquakes with 7.8 and 7.6 magnitudes, respectively, hit areas of Türkiye and neighbouring countries. The earthquakes caused mass destruction of residential and public buildings, including hospitals, and significant loss of life. UNFPA requests long-term flexible funding to respond to the needs of women and girls. Most urgently UNFPA needs funding to continue providing essential dignity, maternity and RH commodities, coordination of RH and GBV services, and deploying trained personnel to deliver life-saving SRH and GBV services. Working together with the Government of Türkiye, and international and national civil society organizations, UNFPA requires funding to continue its emergency response to support those affected by the earthquake.

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Ukraine Emergency Situation Report #15 – 13 January 2022

Ukraine Emergency Situation Report #15 – 13 January 2022

Situation Report

Ukraine has seen an escalation in attacks across the country in the last month of 2022, continuing damage to power infrastructure, significantly reducing access to heat and water, limiting the movement of civilians, and affecting the ability of Ukrainians to seek critical services. Since February, 2022, there have been 747 attacks on health-care facilities resulting in 101 deaths - including the death of an aid worker at a distribution site on 15 December.

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Regional Guidance on Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Early Intervention

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Gender-based violence is one of the most widespread violations in the Eastern Partnership region, and around the globe. To stop and prevent violence, a comprehensive and coordinated community response is needed.

 

"Regional guidance on working with perpetrators of domestic violence" provides a research-based analysis of perpetrator programmes and recommendations for the development of perpetrator programmes, focused on ensuring the safety of survivors, through working with perpetrators of violence and holding them accountable for their violent acts, and for making a change.

 

The guidance focuses on six countries in the Eastern Partnership region, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. As the first analysis of this kind, the document outlines recommendations for further development of survivor safety-oriented perpetrator programmes, to end violence against women in the region

 

"Regional guidance on working with perpetrators of domestic violence" is developed in the framework of the “EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence" programme, funded by the European Union, implemented jointly by UN Women and UNFPA. This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of UN Women and UNFPA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

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The State of the Midwifery Workforce in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Technical Reports and Document

Commissioned by the UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, with support from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, The State of the Midwifery Workforce in Eastern Europe and Central Asia provides data about the current state of the midwifery workforce in 17 countries and territories in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The report highlights the fact that properly trained midwives can help meet around 90 per cent of the need for essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health (SRMNAH) interventions across the life course. It also underlines the many social and economic benefits to investing in midwifery: healthier families, productive communities and a health system that can deliver comprehensive services for all. With these benefits in mind, policymakers can use the report as guidance for investing in midwives and thus ensuring better socioeconomic outcomes.

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Ukraine Situation Report #14 – 12 December 2022

Ukraine Emergency Situation Report #14 – 12 December 2022

Situation Report

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to take a toll on the lives of an estimated 14.5 million people in need of health assistance and an estimated 11.5 million people requiring protection assistance and services inside Ukraine. The estimated number of internally displaced people is 6.54 million, and more than 7.8 million refugees are recorded in European countries. There is a need for psychosocial support for the affected population, including those in areas where the Government of Ukraine regained control, who witnessed or experienced numerous human rights violations and ongoing hostilities.

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Situation Analysis of Capacities for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Palliative Care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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Situation Analysis of Capacities for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Palliative Care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was prepared by the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in partnership with the International Cervical Cancer Prevention Association. Some 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed around the world every year, resulting in over 300,000 deaths annually. Although proven, cost-effective methods to prevent cervical cancer exist, they have not been widely implemented where the disease burden is highest. This situation analysis provides an evaluation of those methods in the countries and territories of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It also identifies gaps in existing efforts and highlights priorities for improvement in 10 areas, ranging from organizing cervical screening and introducing vaccination, through knowledge- and awareness-raising efforts, to strengthening oncology services and palliative care.

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SUMMARY of Situation Analysis of Capacities for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Palliative Care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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Situation Analysis of Capacities for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Palliative Care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (SUMMARY) was prepared by the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in partnership with the International Cervical Cancer Prevention Association. Some 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed around the world every year, resulting in over 300,000 deaths annually. Although proven, cost-effective methods to prevent cervical cancer exist, they have not been widely implemented where the disease burden is highest. This situation analysis provides an evaluation of those methods in the countries and territories of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It also identifies gaps in existing efforts and highlights priorities for improvement in 10 areas, ranging from organizing cervical screening and introducing vaccination, through knowledge- and awareness-raising efforts, to strengthening oncology services and palliative care.

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International agreements checklist to support the development of national SRHR action plans

Technical Reports and Document

This document was developed to accelerate the Universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and to assist the countries and territories in advancing the national SRH strategies and action plans in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the ICPD Programme of Action (PoA) and other global and regional commitments, including the WHO EURO Action plan for sexual and reproductive health. The checklist helps the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to take into account the international commitments, development frameworks and quality standards for developing the SRH national action plans. It is intended to be used as a guiding reference and self-assessment tool for the countries, developing or updating the SRH national action plans and strategies. The electronic version of the document provides hyperlinks, to facilitate the access of the users to the respective conventions, strategies and policies.

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Suggested Indicators for the Monitoring of National Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes

Technical Reports and Document

This publication defines monitoring indicators to track the implementation of the national Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes and Action Plans. It provides countries with a harmonized approach to the national monitoring frameworks, drawing on indicators from existing monitoring frameworks such as the Global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the UNECE Monitoring Framework for the ICPD Programme of Action (ICPD+25) and the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030), thereby limiting the creation of new indicators and need for duplicate monitoring. It includes the shortlist of SRH indicators, their definitions and potential data sources and the methodology to select the indicators.

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