Essential Health Needs of Women Often Neglected in Assistance after
Natural Disasters, Conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 December 2015 --The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian response to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, even though whether women and girls live or die in a crisis often depends on access to basic sexual and reproductive health services like midwives and HIV prevention, says a new report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
The State of World Population 2015, "Shelter from the Storm," shows that of the 100 million people in need of humanitarian assistance around the world today, about 26 million are women and adolescent girls in their childbearing years.
Sexual and reproductive health services critical to the health and survival of women and adolescents are scarcest at the time they are needed most, The State of World Population says. Three fifths of maternal deaths today occur in countries that are considered fragile because of conflict or disaster. Pregnancy and childbirth kill 507 women every day in these settings.
"The health and rights of women and adolescents should not be treated like an afterthought in humanitarian response," says UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. "For the pregnant woman who is about to deliver, or the adolescent girl who survived sexual violence, life-saving services are as vital as water, food and shelter."
Without the usual protection of family and community, women and adolescents are more vulnerable to sexual violence, unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, like HIV. Basic needs for safe childbirth, family planning and reproductive health care are rarely met when women and adolescents become untethered from the lifeline of health systems.
"Having the means to prevent a pregnancy and being safe from sexual violence-these are basic human rights," Dr. Osotimehin says. "Rights don't just go away, and women don't stop giving birth when a conflict breaks out or disaster strikes."
Because there are so many conflicts and disasters in the world today, UNFPA is delivering an increasing share of its services in crises, the report shows. UNFPA has responded to crises in 38 countries in 2015.
Protecting the health and rights of women and adolescents is not only critical to weathering the worsening storm of wars and natural disasters, but can also accelerate recovery from crises, the UNFPA report shows. A better, stronger and more resilient shelter is needed to help them weather the storms that endanger their health, rights and futures.
The current shelter, according to the UNFPA report, is unable to protect all those who need it.
In 2014, for example, the United Nations required a record $19.5 billion to respond to humanitarian situations around the world, but faced a record $7.5-billion shortfall, jeopardizing the health and lives of millions of people. UNFPA in 2015 received less than half the funding it required to meet the essential sexual and reproductive health needs of women and adolescents.
Because the demand for humanitarian assistance outpaces supply, a new approach is needed, with a new emphasis on prevention, preparedness and building resilience of nations, communities, institutions and individuals. A pathway to resilience is equitable, inclusive development that protects rights, including reproductive rights, the report concludes.
"The business-as-usual approach to humanitarian assistance will leave too many behind at a time when needs are so great," Dr. Osotimehin says. "We need to do a much better job of helping the most vulnerable, especially adolescent girls. But we must also do a much better job of investing in a more stable world, capable of withstanding the storms ahead."
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UNFPA works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
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Nesesidade Saude Baziku ba Feto sira Dalabarak Haluha tiha Asistensia sira Depois Dizastre Naturais, Konflitu.
Nasoens Unidas, Nova Yorke, 3 Dezembru 2015- Tuir relatoriu foun nebe fo sai iha loron ohin husi UNFPA, Fundus Nasoens Unidas ba Populasaun katak nesesidade saude ba feto no adolesente sira dalabarak haluha tiha iha responde humanitaria ba dizastre naturais no konflitu sira iha mundu, feto no labarik feto sira atu moris ka mate iha situasaun krize dalabarak depende ba asesu servisu baziku seksual no reproduktiva, hanesan parteira no prevensaun HIV.
Estadu Populasaun Mundial 2015, "Shelter from the Storm ka Proteksaun husi Dizastre," hatudu katak ema milaun 100 nebe presija asistensia humanitaria iha mundu ohin loron, kuaze pursentu 26 mak feto no labarik sira iha sira nia idade reproduktiva.
Tuir relatoriu Estadu Populasaun Mundial katak servisu saude seksual no reproduktiva kritiku tebes ba saude no moris husi feto no adolesente feto sira agora nee menus liu iha tempu nebe sira presija tebes. Tolu husi lima mortalidade inan akontese iha nasaun sira nebe mak konsidera fragile tamba konflitu ka dizastre. Isin rua no partu oho feto 507 loron-loron iha situasaun hanesan nee.
"Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Direitor Ezekutivu UNFPA, hatete katak "Saude no direitus husi feto no adolesente feto sira labele trata segundu ou depois responde humanitaria "Ba inan isin rua sira nebe atu partu dadaun, ka labarik feto sira nebe mak sobrevivente husi violasaun seksual, servisu proteksaun moris nian importante tebes hanesan bee, hahan no fatin atu hela."
La ho proteksaun baibain husi familia no komunidade, feto no adolesente sira sei vulnerabel ba violasaun seksual, isin rua nebe la hakarak no moras hadaet liu husi relasaun seksual, hanesan HIV. Nesesidade baziku nebe rara ba partus seguru, planeamentu familiar no tratamentu saude bele atinji bainhira feto no adolesente sira sai dook husi linha sistema saude nian.
Tenik Dr. Osotimehin katak "iha aproximasaun atu prevene isin rua no livre husi violensia domestika-hirak nee mak direitru humanus baziku." Direitus sira la lakon deit, no feto sira la para atu fo partus bainhira akontese konfliku ka mosu dizastre.
Tuir relatoriu nee katak tamba konflitu no dizastre barak iha mundu ohin loron, UNFPA kontinua fornese servisu balu durante tempu krize. UNFPA responde tiha ona ba krize sira iha nasaun 38 iha tinan 2015.
Relatorio nee mos fo sai katak proteksaun saude no direitus ba feto no adolesente sira laos deit kritiku atu hamenus dizastre funu no dizastre naturais, maibe mos bele aselera prosesu rekoperasaun husi krize. Fatin nebe mak diak, forte, no reziliente presija tebes atu ajuda sira hamenus dizastre sira nebe mak bele fo risku ba sira nia saude, direitus no futuru .
Tuir relatorio nee katak fatin nebe agora dadaun fornese hela labele proteje sira hotu nebe presija. Ezemplu iha tinan 2014, Nasoens Undas presija osan hamutuk bilaun $ 19,5 atu responde ba situasaun humanitaria iha mundu tomak, maibe imfrenta menus bilaun $ 7.5, nebe fo risku ba saude no moris husi ema milaun lubun ida . UNFPA iha tinan 2015 hetan osan menus nebe presija atu responde ba nesesidade baziku feto no adolesente sira ba saude seksual no reproduktiva.
Konkluzasaun husi relatorio nee katak tamba nesesidade ba asistensia humanitaria ba supply/fornese menus, presija aproximasaun foun, nebe foka ba prevensaun, preparasaun no hadia reziliensia husi nasaun sira, komunidade sira, instituisaun sira no ema idak-idak. Dalan ba reziliensia mak igualdade, dezenvolvimentu hanesan nebe proteje direitus sira, inklui direitu reproduktiva sira.
Dr. Osotimehin hateten "aproximasaun hanesan bai-bain ba asistensia humanitaria sei husik ema barak iha kotuk iha tempu nebe mak sira presija tebes." "Ita presija halo servisu nebe mak diak atu investe iha mundu nebe stabel, nebe bele hamrik metin hasoru dizastre."
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UNFPA servisu atu fornese mundu ida nebe kada isin rua nebe ho hakarak, kada partus nebe seguru no kada jovem atinji sira nia potensialidade.
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