UNFPA Congo

Buffeted by humanitarian crises, the Republic of Congo has a weak health system and a high maternal death rate, even though trained personnel attend most births. To accelerate development, the Government is committed to free maternal and child health care as well as gender equality, both goals supported by UNFPA. Active in the country since 1972, UNFPA has helped reduce maternal mortality, increase contraceptive prevalence and lessen HIV/AIDS rates. Current programmes focus on better health for mothers and newborns, including in indigenous communities. They promote family planning, and reproductive and sexual health education for young people.

Key results in Congo between 2014 and 2017

Select strategic plan results achieved between 2014 and 2017, with the support of UNFPA

Skills-building for girls

Skills-building programmes implemented for adolescent girls at risk of child marriage

Gender-based violence in sexual and reproductive health plans

Gender-based violence prevention, protection and response integrated into national sexual and reproductive health programmes

Coordination of gender-based violence response

Congo had a functioning inter-agency gender-based violence coordination body as a result of UNFPA guidance and leadership

SDG measurement

Comprehensive plan established to report on UNFPA-supported Sustainable Development Goal indicators

Data capacity

National statistical authorities had the capacity to analyse and use disaggregated data on adolescents and youth, with support from UNFPA

Logistics systems

Functional logistics system developed for reproductive health commodities

Midwifery policies

Midwifery workforce policies developed based on international standards

Fistula

279 fistula repair surgeries supported by UNFPA

Emergencies Key results

Programme Activities

All Resources
  • All resources
  • Core
  • Non - core
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Analysis on population dynamics

Congo 2017 Programme Activities data

Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Increased availability and use of integrated sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning, maternal health and HIV) that are gender-responsive and meet human rights standards for quality of care and equity in access
Total Spending:
$1213177
Implemented by:
UNFPA $760663 (63%)
NGO $278566 (23%)
Gov $173949 (14%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (21%)
Non-core Resources (79%)
Maternal health
Increased national capacity to deliver comprehensive maternal health services
Total Spending:
$445040
Implemented by:
UNFPA $361312 (81%)
NGO $26979 (6%)
Gov $56748 (13%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (53%)
Non-core Resources (47%)
Family planning
Increased national capacity to strengthen enabling environments, increase demand for and supply of modern contraceptives and improve quality family planning services that are free of coercion, discrimination and violence
Total Spending:
$376941
Implemented by:
UNFPA $152594 (40%)
NGO $107147 (28%)
Gov $117200 (31%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (1%)
Non-core Resources (99%)
Sexual and reproductive health
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Total Spending:
$167320
Implemented by:
UNFPA $95373 (57%)
NGO $71946 (43%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (11%)
Non-core Resources (89%)
Sexual and reproductive health in emergencies
Increased national capacity to provide sexual and reproductive health services in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$223878
Implemented by:
UNFPA $151384 (68%)
NGO $72494 (32%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
Adolescents and youth
Increased priority on adolescents, especially on very young adolescent girls, in national development policies and programmes, particularly increased availability of comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health
Total Spending:
$311849
Implemented by:
UNFPA $311849 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (58%)
Non-core Resources (42%)
Adolescents and youth
Increased national capacity to conduct evidence-based advocacy for incorporating adolescents and youth and their human rights/needs in national laws, policies, programmes, including in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$311849
Implemented by:
UNFPA $311849 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (58%)
Non-core Resources (42%)
Gender equality
Advanced gender equality, women’s and girls’ empowerment, and reproductive rights, including for the most vulnerable and marginalized women, adolescents and youth
Total Spending:
$501362
Implemented by:
UNFPA $163765 (33%)
UN $76836 (15%)
NGO $115691 (23%)
Gov $145070 (29%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (28%)
Non-core Resources (72%)
Protection rights
Strengthened international and national protection systems for advancing reproductive rights, promoting gender equality and non-discrimination and addressing gender-based violence
Total Spending:
$40960
Implemented by:
UNFPA $40960 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Ending harmful practices
Increased capacity to prevent gender-based violence and harmful practices and enable the delivery of multisectoral services, including in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$460403
Implemented by:
UNFPA $122805 (27%)
UN $76836 (17%)
NGO $115691 (25%)
Gov $145070 (32%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (22%)
Non-core Resources (78%)
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
Total Spending:
$4388
Implemented by:
UNFPA $4388 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Resources management
Improved mobilization, management and alignment of resources through an increased focus on value for money and systematic risk management
Total Spending:
$1257
Implemented by:
UNFPA $1257 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Programme effectiveness
Enhanced programme effectiveness by improving quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation
Total Spending:
$3131
Implemented by:
UNFPA $3131 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Analysis on population dynamics
development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality
Total Spending:
$227135
Implemented by:
UNFPA $227135 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (63%)
Non-core Resources (37%)
Population dynamics
Increased availability of evidence through cutting-edge in-depth analysis on population dynamics, sexual and reproductive health, HIV and their linkages to povert
Total Spending:
$227139
Implemented by:
UNFPA $227139 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (63%)
Non-core Resources (37%)
National population data system
Strengthened national capacity for production and dissemination of quality disaggregated data on population and development issues that allows for mapping of demographic
Total Spending:
$-4
Implemented by:
UNFPA $-4 (100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)

Programme Documentation

UNFPA Congo Country Programme Document

Cycle:
2019

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English
Cycle:
2014
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2018

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English
Cycle:
2009
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2013

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English

UNFPA Congo United Nations Development Assistance Framework

Cycle:
2009
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2013

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French
Technical notes and sources
  • The results featured here are only a selection of key results in line with strategic plan 2014-17 indicators. The selection does not reflect the full picture of all results achieved during the strategic plan cycle by UNFPA programme countries.
  • The source of data for most country level indicators is the UNFPA country annual reports for 2014-2017, unless stated otherwise
  • Results featured are cumulative - i.e., achieved between the 2014 and 2017 timeframe, and reflect the net situation, true as of the year selected
  • Majority of the results are captured from 127 UNFPA programme countries
  • Indicators that are marked ‘not achieved’ could imply any of the following conditions:
    • The country may have achieved the result without the support of UNFPA
    • The country has not targeted the given indicator during the 2014-2017 period
    • UNFPA is supporting this area of work, but the result has not yet been achieved

Notes for key results

  • Maternal deaths averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Unintended pregnancies averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Unsafe abortions averted: Results reflected for 46 UNFPA Supplies programme countries
  • Number of countries that developed midwifery workforce policies based on international standards: Baseline data not available
  • Number of fistula repair surgeries supported: Baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that implemented at least 8 out of the UNFPA 10-step strategic-approach to comprehensive condom programming: Results achieved in 2014-2016 only
  • Number of countries that have capacity to implement the Minimum Initial Service Package at the onset of a crisis: UNFPA reflected non-cumulative figures for this indicator; the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) is a series of crucial actions required to respond to reproductive health needs at the onset of every humanitarian crisis. View here for more information on MISP
  • Percentage of countries affected by humanitarian crises that have functioning inter-agency gender-based violence coordination body as a result of UNFPA guidance and leadership: Baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that established comprehensive plan to report on UNFPA-supported Sustainable Development Goal indicators: Results achieved in 2017 only; baseline data not available
  • Number of countries that established online national population data platforms that are publicly accessible by users: : Results achieved in 2017 only; baseline data not available
  • Number of countries in which the capacity of national statistical authorities was developed to analyse and use disaggregated data on adolescent and youth: Baseline data not available; UNFPA reflected non-cumulative figures for this indicator
  • Number of countries that generated and used sub-national estimates of population, health and social data: Baseline data not available

The designations employed and the presentation of material on the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNFPA concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.