Widespread infrastructure damage, landslides, and restricted access are critically hampering the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services. Timely access to antenatal and neonatal care, skilled and assisted deliveries, emergency obstetric care, and family planning has been severely disrupted, particularly for people living in remote and hard-to-reach areas.
Thousands of people have been displaced by the earthquake and are now living in temporary shelters and improvised settlements. Overcrowding, limited privacy, and weakened protection networks are significantly increasing the risks of gender-based violence, particularly for women and girls.
In response, UNFPA is supporting the Government of Colombia and humanitarian partners to restore and sustain essential reproductive health and protection services, strengthen emergency preparedness, and ensure continuity of care. UNFPA is targeting 102,570 people with sexual and reproductive health services and 268,380 people with gender-based violence prevention and response programmes. To deliver these critical, life-saving services, UNFPA is urgently appealing for US$14.838 million to implement a 12-month humanitarian action plan.
