UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. These are: Ending unmet need for family planning, ending gender-based violence including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and ending all preventable maternal deaths. COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made towards achieving these goals.

This brief covers UNFPA's work on addressing non-communicable diseases, primarily the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer and giving attention to adolescent and maternal health.

This brief comes as part of UNFPA's membership on the UN Interagency Task Force on prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.

UNFPA is working with governments and partners to avoid or minimize shortages of contraceptives and life-saving maternal health medicines―all in close coordination. Together, we are working to prioritize supply requests, orders, shipments, production schedules and other operational aspects of procurement. We aim to ensure product availability in countries.