"The UNFPA response in the region aligns with the UN framework for the immediate socioeconomic response to COVID-19, the 2030 Agenda, the 2020 WHO Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Global Humanitarian Response Plan and the UNFPA COVID-19 Global Response Plan."
"UNFPA regional office is working to:"
- Promote advocacy and policy dialogue focused at the regional level on the development of appropriate strategies regarding access to reproductive health and family planning services, including prevention and response to GBV, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is in collaboration with regional and sub-regional organisations, civil society organisations, international institutions and donors;
- Strengthen the capacity of UNFPA Country Offices to build skills, systems and resources, as well as provide technical expertise adapted to COVID-19 context;
- Facilitate the systematic sharing and management of knowledge on good practices and innovative solutions to improve UNFPA's response to the COVID-19, based on lessons learned;
- Strengthen regional partnerships and coordination, including south-south and triangular cooperation, and inter-agency humanitarian coordination to respond to COVID-19 in the region; and
- Monitor the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the interventions by country offices in the COVID-19 context, as well as provide technical, programmatic and operational support so that they can achieve expected results.
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