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.

Key results in Congo, the Democratic Republic of the between 2014 and 2017

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

Midwifery policies

Midwifery workforce policies developed based on international standards

Fistula

6158 fistula repair surgeries supported by UNFPA

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

Accountability for reproductive rights

Civil society organizations implemented accountability mechanisms to address reproductive rights, with the support of UNFPA

Men and boys

Civil society organizations supported the engagement of men and boys in programmes on gender equality and reproductive rights, with the support of UNFPA

Health worker policies

Health-care worker protocols and standards developed on sexual and reproductive health for young people

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

Emergencies Key results

  • People Reached
    People reached with Dignity Kits
    7,590
    UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries
    9,817
    Affected population who directly benefited from all types of emergency RH kits
    216,378
    GBV survivors reached
    4,247
    Affected population reached with Family Planning services
    3,374
  • Services delivered
    Number of mobile clinics
    1
    Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)
    14
    Number of safe spaces
    19
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    67
    Maternity health facilities/tents/homes operationalized with UNFPA support
    77
    Dignity Kits distributed
    7,590
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    17
    Personnel trained on Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care
    36
    Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)
    271
    Personnel trained on clinical management of rape
    178
    Personnel trained on psycho-social support
    60
    Health personnel trained on gender-based violence case management
    80

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
  • Evidence-based policymaking
  • Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
  • Adolescents and youth
  • Gender equality
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Analysis on population dynamics

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 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:
$12680503
Implemented by:
UNFPA $10519444 (83%)
NGO $1154008 (9%)
Gov $1007051 (8%)
UN $0 (0%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (47%)
Non-core Resources (53%)
Sexual and reproductive health in emergencies
Increased national capacity to provide sexual and reproductive health services in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$922312
Implemented by:
UNFPA $525071 (57%)
NGO $397241 (43%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (20%)
Non-core Resources (80%)
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:
$10088086
Implemented by:
UNFPA $8468207 (84%)
NGO $612828 (6%)
Gov $1007051 (10%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (53%)
Non-core Resources (47%)
Maternal health
Increased national capacity to deliver comprehensive maternal health services
Total Spending:
$1485035
Implemented by:
UNFPA $1351657 (91%)
UN $0 (0%)
NGO $133378 (9%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (17%)
Non-core Resources (83%)
Sexual and reproductive health
Increased national capacity to deliver integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Total Spending:
$185069
Implemented by:
UNFPA $174509 (94%)
NGO $10560 (6%)
Funded by:
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:
$3711481
Implemented by:
NGO $1378835 (37%)
UNFPA $790630 (21%)
Gov $1542016 (42%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (17%)
Non-core Resources (83%)
Marginalized Girls
Increased capacity of partners to design and implement comprehensive programmes to reach marginalized adolescent girls including those at risk of child marriage
Total Spending:
$257141
Implemented by:
NGO $257141 (100%)
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:
$2154873
Implemented by:
UNFPA $378596 (18%)
NGO $234262 (11%)
Gov $1542016 (72%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (29%)
Non-core Resources (71%)
Sexuality education
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:
$1299467
Implemented by:
UNFPA $412035 (32%)
NGO $887432 (68%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources (100%)
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:
$2356347
Implemented by:
UNFPA $946727 (40%)
NGO $1337225 (57%)
Gov $72395 (3%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (9%)
Non-core Resources (91%)
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:
$2356347
Implemented by:
UNFPA $946727 (40%)
NGO $1337225 (57%)
Gov $72395 (3%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (9%)
Non-core Resources (91%)
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
Total Spending:
$10136
Implemented by:
NGO $1909 (19%)
UNFPA $8227 (81%)
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:
$1909
Implemented by:
NGO $1909 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Organizational adaptability
Increased adaptability through innovation, partnership and communications
Total Spending:
$8227
Implemented by:
UNFPA $8227 (100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (100%)
Analysis on population dynamics
Strengthened national policies and international development agendas through integration of evidence-based analysis on population dynamics and their links to sustainable development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality
Total Spending:
$646825
Implemented by:
UNFPA $64825 (10%)
Gov $582000 (90%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (61%)
Non-core Resources (39%)
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:
$646825
Implemented by:
UNFPA $64825 (10%)
Gov $582000 (90%)
Funded by:
Core Resources (61%)
Non-core Resources (39%)

Programme Documentation

UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo Country Programme Document

Cycle:
2019

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Cycle:
2018

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Cycle:
2013
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2017

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Cycle:
2008
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2012

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UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo United Nations Development Assistance Framework

Cycle:
2013
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2017

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UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo Country Programme Action Plan

Cycle:
2013
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2017

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

Issue date: 7 March 2019

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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

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