In many parts of the world affected by crisis, conflict, and hard-to-reach areas, access to essential reproductive health services is a daily challenge. UNFPA and partners address this critical gap by deploying mobile clinics - vehicles or containers equipped with the right medical supplies and staffed by health professionals - to reach communities with care.
The clinics deliver life-saving reproductive health care for women expecting and delivering their babies, young people who need access to family planning services and for victims of gender-based violence.
Since 2023, UNFPA has deployed almost 100 mobile clinics across regions, countries and contexts.
Addressing displacement and crisis in Syria (2025)
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Syria, 2025. Ambulances and mobile clinics are handed over to the Syria Association for Family Planning.
The evolving humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to challenge the health system, with nearly 16 million people in urgent need of health services. The gaps in the infrastructure necessitates rapid and mobile solutions to reach the communities affected by displacement and conflict.
In a significant effort to strengthen emergency and health services, UNFPA, with the generous support of EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), delivered essential medical transport and clinics in 2025. The initiative supports the transition period toward recovery by filling urgent gaps.
"These mobile clinics are a crucial step in improving access to life-saving health services and ensuring emergency medical care reaches those in need across all Syrian governorates," said Muriel Mafico, UNFPA Representative in Syria. The handover to the Ministry of Health and SFPA Director signifies a vital step in bringing essential care closer to those affected by displacement and crisis.
In a significant effort to strengthen emergency and health services, UNFPA, with the generous support of EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), delivered essential medical transport and clinics in 2025. The initiative supports the transition period toward recovery by filling urgent gaps.
Addressing high maternal mortality rates in Guinea-Bissau (2024)
Guinea-Bissau, 2024. UNFPA-supported programmes to end FGM and GBV, and advance maternal and reproductive health.
Guinea-Bissau is among the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with alarmingly high maternal mortality rates, which currently stand at 548 deaths per 100,000 live births (INASA 2022). This crisis reflects structural inequalities, including an underfunded healthcare system and major geographical barriers and poor coverage of healthcare professionals. Preventable complications like postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis are the main causes of maternal deaths.
UNFPA-deployed mobile clinics travel to remote, rural areas, like a village in the Bafatá region, far from any health center and devoid of electricity, to provide essential care. Providing this mobile access directly tackles geographical barriers that prevent pregnant women from accessing timely, life-saving interventions.
By bringing services directly to communities who else would have been out of reach, the mobile clinics contribute directly to reducing the maternal mortality ratio. The presence of trained healthcare professionals and necessary supplies helps manage preventable complications, ensuring women receive care before and during delivery, where and when they need it most.
Addressing sexual and reproductive health gaps in Mozambique (2023)
Mozambique, 2023. A young woman receives an injectable contraceptive device through a family planning service from Juliana, a nurse on board the UNFPA-supported mobile health clinic.
Remote communities in the north of Mozambique are often impacted by conflict and become difficult to reach, especially during the rainy season. This isolation creates significant gaps in access to essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.
The UNFPA-supported Mobile Brigade utilizes specialized UNFPA mobile health clinics to overcome these barriers. The initiative is funded by the Governments of Norway and Austria, and UN CERF.
The clinic’s team provide basic and emergency obstetric care and postnatal care, family planning services, such as contraceptives, HIV service provision, and cervical cancer screening. By being driven directly to hard-to-reach communities, the clinics ensure that community members have access to life-changing SRH services, empowering them to make informed choices about their bodies and futures, even when geography and weather would normally cut off their access to care.
