Eritrea: 2013 UNDP to Fund a Programme
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News) 1 January 2013, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the
United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project
Services, in their UNDP draft country programme document for Eritrea have
proposed to fund an extremely modest “$18.6 million” over “four year
period” programme. The *proposed* indicative UNFPA assistance consisting of:
“$18.6 million: $6 million from regular resources and $12.6 million through
co-financing modalities and/or other resources, including regular resources”
The document among other details revealed, a hereto less discussed and
least highlighted sad fact associated with “unsafe abortions” accounting
for a significant portion of all obstetric deaths in Eritrea. This is a
social issue the Eritrean community in general needs to focus on. The goal
of the proposed programme is to “contribute to universal access to sexual
and reproductive health services and reduce maternal mortality”. The
document also notes:
*“Government efforts to improve health, education, transportation,
infrastructure and service delivery have led to improvements in health
indicators.* The maternal mortality ratio declined from 998 maternal deaths
per 100,000 live births in 1995 to 486 in 2010. Unsafe abortion continues
to be a major threat to women’s survival. Complications from unsafe
abortions accounted for 44.3 per cent of all obstetric deaths, and 6 per
cent of all deaths, in 2011.
“The percentage of health stations providing basic emergency obstetric care
increased* from 23 per cent in 2007 to 80 per cent* in 2010, and the
percentage of hospitals providing comprehensive emergency obstetric care
increased from 70 per cent in 2007 to 90 per cent in 2011. The Ministry of
Health plans to upgrade community hospitals to provide comprehensive
emergency obstetric care. *The percentage of health facilities providing at
least three modern contraceptive methods increased from 51.3 per cent in
2007 to 100 per cent in 2010*. The prevalence of obstetric fistula is 0.03
per 1,000. “
The Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, of the
United Nations Population Fund and of the United Nations Office for Project
Services will hold an informal consultation on the UNDP draft country
programme document for Eritrea, *on Tuesday, 8 January 2013, from 11:00 to
12:30, in Conference Room 5 (NLB).* All interested delegations are invited
to attend.
Received on Wed Jan 02 2013 - 15:38:36 EST
