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Strengthen comprehensive sexuality education

a) We commit to strengthen the teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in and out of school through personnel training and the provision of teaching and learning materials

Integrated electronic health information

Fast track the implementation of an EAC integrated electronic health information and client management systems to improve availability of information for better programming.

Accelerating efforts to realizing zero preventable maternal death

a) We commit to revitalise the Primary Health Care (PHC) system by building, reorienting and realigning the health system towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2025

b) We commit to train and deploy 500 midwives to service delivery points by 2025

c)We commit to strengthen all health facilities to provide Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) and 6 health facilities to provide quality Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services by...

(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.

Mode of engagement:

• Programmatic action

Zero Unmet Need for Family Planning

a) We commit to creating and funding a budget line for FP commodities and services in the national budget by 2020.

Increased Human resources

Invest in human resources for health, infrastructure, equipment and ensure the availability of commodities and supplies of integrated RMNCAH, HIV, TB and STI services for all people

Zero Unmet Need for Family Planning

a) We commit to conduct 14 Orientation meetings targeting 48 Parliamentarians, 160 Ward Councillors, 5 Area Council Chairpersons, 2 Mayors, 700 Religious and Community Leaders towards ensuring a multi-sectoral approach and involvement of various stakeholders to mainstream Family Planning in all sectors by 2023.

b) We commit to train and commission 1750 (350 per year) Community Based Service Providers to increase the uptake and access to Family Planning and Sexual and Reproductive...

(2) Zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives.

Mode of engagement:

• Programmatic action

Gender equality

7. Ensure that all children, women and men have access to preventative, health, legal and psychosocial services, and reduce gender based violence and harmful practices.

Afghanistan's Youth Commitment for ICPD25 PoA

Decades of conflict in Afghanistan devastated all and sundry infrastructures in the country. When the international community commenced its support with the Afghan people and government in 2001, still much tangible achievements and progress is in place. But, there are still issues of SRHR, health, education etc. that need to be solved. The National Youth Strategy of Afghanistan indicates that health, education, employment, participation and sports are the urgent needs of youth and...

(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.

Modes of engagement:

• Budgetary and financial
• Change or creation of legislation
• Policy and guidance
• Programmatic action

Norway's pledge to fulfill the Cairo Promise (ICPD PoA) in a fragile world

In addition to Norway's main pledge (1), the Norwegian Government commits to the overall goal of ensuring the basic needs and rights of the affected population, including their SRHR needs, as critical components of humanitarian response. Norway’s humanitarian strategy gives strong priority to protection against SGBV. During the strategy period, Norway will increase its support towards preventing SGBV and to follow up the survivors. Priority will be given to improving the protection of...

(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.

Availability of reproductive health services

Build powerful momentum for universal access to a full range of modern family planning methods for all those in need and commit to fast track progress in reducing the unmet need for family planning by 2030;