Ending maternal mortality

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05 March 2025

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Procurement Plan 2025

Review of UNAIDS Joint Programme evaluations and assessments (2020-2024)

Review of UNAIDS Joint Programme evaluations and assessments (2020-2024)

Document date: 2025

Evaluation type: Global

Region: n/a

Joint evaluation: Yes

System-wide evaluation: n/a

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The UNAIDS Joint Programme is a multi-stakeholder and multisectoral initiative that leads the United Nations system’s response to the global AIDS epidemic. The purpose of this review was to consolidate and analyze findings from previous Joint Programme evaluations, assessments, and reviews conducted between 2020 and 2024, as well as their management responses, to inform ongoing processes and an upcoming evaluation of the Joint Programme. 

The UNAIDS Evaluation Office led the review, with support from a Management Group that included the UNFPA Independent Evaluation Office, alongside the UNAIDS Secretariat, UNESCO, UNICEF and WHO. 

This review analyzed the Joint Programme’s work across several dimensions, focusing on its successes, key internal and external challenges, and opportunities in relation to the UNAIDS Joint Programme’s programmatic objectives. It also analyzed existing evidence on the extent to which key Joint Programme structures were fit-for-purpose, and the added value of the Joint Programme in sustaining the HIV response.
 

Evaluation documents

Review Report

Evaluación Formativa del Programa Regional para América Latina y el Caribe (2022-2025)

Document date: 2024

Evaluation type: Regional

Region: Latin America & the Caribbean

Joint evaluation: n/a

System-wide evaluation: n/a

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El objetivo principal de la evaluación formativa del Programa Regional del UNFPA para América Latina y el Caribe 2022-2025 fue proporcionar evidencia para mejorar el aprendizaje organizacional y acelerar el progreso hacia los Tres Resultados Transformadores: Cero necesidades insatisfechas de planificación familiar, cero muertes maternas prevenibles, y cero violencias de género y prácticas nocivas. 

Evaluation documents

Evaluation Report

UNFPA South Africa 5th Country Programme Evaluation (2020-2025)

Document date: 2024

Evaluation type: Country

Region: East & Southern Africa

Country: South Africa

Joint evaluation: n/a

System-wide evaluation: n/a

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This evaluation aims to provide an independent assessment of the UNFPA country programme in South Africa and to broaden the evidence base to inform the design of the next programme cycle. 

Evaluation documents

Evaluation Report
Evaluation Quality Assessment
Management Response

Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director on the United States Government funding cuts

calendar_today28 February 2025

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Video

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

calendar_today26 February 2025

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

Over one million refugees have fled to Chad to escape the war in Sudan.

The majority are women and children who have survived horrific violence.

“We have lost everything. Our homes, families and security,” says Souat, a Sudanese refugee living in Farchana Refugee Camp in Chad.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing a lifeline for refugee women and girls in need.

News

Explainer: What is UNFPA and why does it matter?

calendar_today24 January 2025

Anitha Bosco, 35, receives an ultrasound scan from a midwife at a health centre in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu
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Speech

Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

calendar_today17 February 2025

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Independent Country Programme Evaluation of UNFPA Yemen (2015-2024)

UNFPA Yemen Independent Country Programme Evaluation 2015-2024

Document date: 2024

Evaluation type: Country

Region: Arab States

Country: Yemen

Joint evaluation: n/a

System-wide evaluation: n/a

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Yemen is in a dire humanitarian crisis after nine years of war, with over half of its population needing aid. Displaced women and girls, especially those with disabilities, struggle to access reproductive health care and are at high risk of gender-based violence. UNFPA has been coordinating and providing reproductive health and protection services since the start of the crisis, and leading the rapid response mechanism for immediate assistance to displaced people since 2018. This independent evaluation undertaken by the UNFPA Independent Evaluation Office assesses UNFPA's response to the crisis in Yemen from 2015 to the present.

The evaluation finds that UNFPA effectively adjusted its programme in Yemen to meet the changing needs of the population, while remaining sensitive to the socio-political context. Although starting with very limited services, UNFPA's work in reproductive health, gender-based violence, and youth programmes led to positive outcomes. UNFPA also successfully adapted its systems and leveraged its partnerships to meet the demands of the humanitarian crisis. The evaluation also highlights the need for UNFPA to strengthen its engagement with vulnerable groups, particularly persons with disabilities. The evaluation recommends better integration of short-term humanitarian efforts with long-term approaches for resilience building and development.
 

Evaluation documents

Evaluation Report
Executive Summary
Evaluation Quality Assessment
Management Response

Additional resources

UNFPA China 9th Country Programme Evaluation (2021 - 2024)

Document date: 2024

Evaluation type: Country

Region: Asia & the Pacific

Country: China

Joint evaluation: n/a

System-wide evaluation: n/a

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This evaluation aims to provide an independent assessment of the UNFPA country programme in China and to broaden the evidence base to inform the design of the next programme cycle. 

Evaluation documents

Evaluation Report
Evaluation Quality Assessment
Management Response

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