Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Multilateral
United Nations Population Fund
Contact: Mr. Michael Jones
Resident Coordinator of UNFPA
Tel: 441-06-90 Fax: 441-06-46
E-mail: unfpa.tj@undp.org
Website: www.untj.org
Organization Profile
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child
to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce
poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman
is treated with dignity and respect.
Past and Current Programmes
UNFPA support to Tajikistan was initiated under a subregional programme from 1995 to 1999. UNFPA and Government of Tajikistan
developed first country programme (2000-2004) in the amount of US$ 3.05 million. The focus of the first country programme was to increase
the utilization of integrated, gender-sensitive and high quality reproductive health services, especially among rural and underserved
populations.
The second country programme was developed 2005-2009 in the amount 2,6 million. Ongoing UNFPA programme contributes to poverty
reduction by focusing on reproductive health and family planning, population and development strategies, and women's empowerment.
Proramme intervantions focus on geographical area such as Soghd oblast in the north, and selected districts of Khatlon oblast in the south.
Future Programming Direction
The UNFPA office will continute to focus on the areas conicideing with its mandate. In particular the following activities are planned for this
year (2008): (1) capacuty building of statistical and Primary Health Care facililties in analysis, usage and communication of the RH statistical
information; (2) support the CPD mandated to coordinate intersectoral mechanism and promotes the use of data in monitoring and evaluation
of national frameworks, especially targets related to RH; (3) support to English proficiency courses for students/faculty members of TSNU
and staff of the State Statistic Committee; (4) publication of a package of youth friendly, gender sensitive materials; (5) introduction of a
package of youth friendly information in non-formal settings and schools/universities through face-to-face communication (6) introducing
family life education and youth friendly information into curricula of secondary schools; (7) involvement of the religious leaders into the
promotion of the SRH/RR and HIV/AIDS prevention issues among adolescents and introduction of family planning into the curricular of the
Islamic educational institutions; (8) conducting a mass media campaigns on HIV prevention through out the country; (9) development of the
Y-peer network in Tajikistan; (10) completing the KAPB survey; (11) advocacy workshop on ICPD; (12) workshop on GBV prevention;
(13)“Beyond the Numbers” initiative reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer; (14) technical workshops on
clinical protocols; d) EmOC field assessment visits; (15) training on Colposcopy; (16) workshops on counseling for midwifes (based on the
who guidelines “Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use” and “Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use”; (17)
support to participation of the MOH staff at the International conferences; (18) establishing a RHCS, including CLMIS monitoring and
evaluation mechanism in line with the provisions of the MoH RH Strategy Action Plan; (19) introduction and monitoring of the use of
CHANNEL; (20) securing necessary RH related equipment, contraceptive supplies and registers.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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