Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.

In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.

UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls who struggle to survive after Typhoon Haiyan.  The national police are putting in place mechanisms to ensure their safety until the situa