United Nations Population Fund

UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo

Still in a fragile phase of post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a least developed country with very high maternal and newborn mortality and HIV prevalence as well as a legacy of sexual violence. With families averaging 5 or 6 children, the population is very young and growing at more than 3 per cent per year. Working in the country since 1978, UNFPA aims to improve access to quality reproductive health care services – including HIV interventions -- and to integrate population and gender issues in national policies and programmes.

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Key results of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the in 2019

Adolescent health competencies

Adolescent health competencies were included in curricula of health professionals

Patient satisfaction surveys

Routine patient satisfaction surveys were conducted on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services

Sexual and reproductive health coordination body during crisis

During a humanitarian crisis, a functioning inter-agency sexual and reproductive health coordination body was in place

Vital statistics

Annual vital statistics based on civil registration were generated and published on an annual basis

Small area estimations

Small area estimations of sexual and reproductive health indicators were generated and used for programme planning

Fistula treatment

4996 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

674 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

300600 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

12 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

850000 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

35000 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package

Adolescent health competencies

Adolescent health competencies were included in curricula of health professionals

Patient satisfaction surveys

Routine patient satisfaction surveys were conducted on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services

Sexual and reproductive health coordination body during crisis

During a humanitarian crisis, a functioning inter-agency sexual and reproductive health coordination body was in place

Vital statistics

Annual vital statistics based on civil registration were generated and published on an annual basis

Small area estimations

Small area estimations of sexual and reproductive health indicators were generated and used for programme planning

Fistula treatment

4996 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

674 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

300600 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

12 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

850000 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

35000 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package

Emergencies Key results

  • People Reached
    Total people reached with all types of SRH services
    436,761
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    14,858
    Total people reached with Adolescent SRH
    17,253
    Total people reached with all types of GBV services
    8,332
    Affected population reached with Family Planning services
    32,895
  • Services delivered
    Number of mobile clinics
    158
    Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)
    106
    Number of safe spaces
    68
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    160
    Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)
    1,509
    Personnel trained on clinical management of rape
    1,228

Programme Activities

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

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 2019 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:
$16,588,178
Implemented by:
UNFPA $12,237,882 (74%)
NGO $3,400,743 (21%)
GOV $949,553 (6%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (31)
Non-core Resources (69)
Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Total Spending:
$12766835
Implemented by:
UNFPA $9830145 (77%)
NGO $2573772 (20%)
GOV $362918 (3%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (39%)
Non-core Resources (61%)
Sexual and reproductive health Policies
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health policies
Total Spending:
$40325
Implemented by:
UNFPA $3952 (10%)
NGO $11906 (30%)
GOV $24467 (61%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (-1%)
Non-core Resources (101%)
Accountability for sexual and reproductive health
Increased national capacity to deliver consistent with budget results and accountability for sexual and reproductive health
Total Spending:
$358635
Implemented by:
UNFPA $265929 (74%)
NGO $61315 (17%)
GOV $31390 (9%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (11%)
Non-core Resources (89%)
Supply chain management
Increased national capacity to deliver supply chain management
Total Spending:
$3218151
Implemented by:
UNFPA $2110286 (66%)
NGO $651512 (20%)
GOV $456354 (14%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (0%)
Non-core Resources (100%)
Health workforce capacity
Increased national capacity to deliver health workforce capacity
Total Spending:
$204232
Implemented by:
UNFPA $27570 (13%)
NGO $102238 (50%)
GOV $74424 (36%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (7%)
Non-core Resources (93%)
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:
$2,007,122
Implemented by:
UNFPA $457,798 (23%)
NGO $910,409 (45%)
GOV $638,915 (32%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (22)
Non-core Resources (78)
Adolescents and youth skills and capabilities
Increased national capacity to conduct evidence-based advocacy for incorporating adolescents and youth skills and capabilites
Total Spending:
$1755100
Implemented by:
UNFPA $294545 (17%)
NGO $821640 (47%)
GOV $638915 (36%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (24%)
Non-core Resources (76%)
Youth leadership and participation
Increased national capacity to design and implement community and school based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes that promote human rights and gender equality
Total Spending:
$218190
Implemented by:
UNFPA $129421 (59%)
NGO $88769 (41%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
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:
$33832
Implemented by:
UNFPA $33832 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (90%)
Non-core Resources (10%)
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:
$9,498,690
Implemented by:
UNFPA $4,715,548 (50%)
NGO $4,518,623 (48%)
GOV $264,518 (3%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (1)
Non-core Resources (99)
Gender equality laws and policies
Strengthened engagement for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination and addressing gender-based violence
Total Spending:
$480365
Implemented by:
UNFPA $472741 (98%)
NGO $7624 (2%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
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:
$8964918
Implemented by:
UNFPA $4239790 (47%)
NGO $4460609 (50%)
GOV $264518 (3%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (1%)
Non-core Resources (99%)
Gender and sociocultural norms
Strengthened engagement of civil society organizations to promote reproductive rights and women's empowerment, and address discrimination
Total Spending:
$53407
Implemented by:
UNFPA $3017 (6%)
NGO $50390 (94%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (8%)
Non-core Resources (92%)
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
Total Spending:
$33,846
Implemented by:
UNFPA $33,846 (100%)
Funded by:
Non-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:
$33846
Implemented by:
UNFPA $33846 (100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
Analysis on population dynamics
development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality
Total Spending:
$2,611,482
Implemented by:
UNFPA $2,503,207 (96%)
GOV $108,275 (4%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (5)
Non-core Resources (95)
Demographic intelligence
Strengthened national capacity for production and dissemination of quality disaggregated data on population and development issues that allows for mapping of demographic disparities
Total Spending:
$229720
Implemented by:
UNFPA $121445 (53%)
GOV $108275 (47%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (59%)
Non-core Resources (41%)
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:
$2381762
Implemented by:
UNFPA $2381762 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (0%)
Non-core Resources (100%)

Programme Documentation

CPD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO [2020-2024] (DP/FPA/CPD/COD/5)
Cycle: 2020-2024
CPE Dem Rep Congo [2019] (DP/FPA/2018/11)
Cycle: 2019
CPE Dem Rep Congo [2018] (DP/FPA/2017/13)
Cycle: 2018
CPD Dem Rep Congo [2013-2017] (DP/FPA/CPD/COD/4)
Cycle: 2013-2017
CPD Dem Rep Congo [2008-2012] (DP/FPA/CPD/COD/3)
Cycle: 2008-2012

UNDAF Dem Rep Congo [2013-2017]

Cycle: 2013-2017

CPAP Dem Rep Congo [2013-2017]

Cycle: 2013-2017

Audit of the UNFPA Country Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Issue date: 7 March 2019
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.

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