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UNFPA works toward the goal of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including family planning. Good sexual and reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system. To maintain one’s sexual and reproductive health, people need access to quality medical care and accurate information and the safe, effective, affordable and acceptable contraception method of their choice. They must be informed and empowered to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections. And when they decide to have children, women must have access to skilled health care providers and services that can help them have a healthy pregnancy, safe birth and healthy baby.

In Armenia we work towards:

  • Enhancement of the accountability of health systems for advancing the provision of high-quality and rights-based sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning services for women and youth, especially those furthest behind, including in humanitarian settings.
  • Ensuring that young people, in particular adolescent girls, have the skills and opportunities to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and rights and their well-being, including in humanitarian situations.

These are done to prevent maternal deaths, reducing unmet need for family planning, and ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health services, especially for vulnerable populations, and by ensuring adolescents and youth have access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, inclusive education and adolescent-friendly high-quality health services.

UNFPA contributes to the improvement of the sexual and reproductive health system in Armenia by:

  • revising and operationalizing medical education curricula on reproductive health and rights, in accordance with international standards and a rights-based approach
  • supporting the Government in strengthening accountability mechanisms for health governance and building the capacity of health workers , development of evidence-based guidelines, contribution for development of evidence-based policies and programs
  • advocating for inclusion of a designated health budget line for family planning commodities to reach the furthest behind first
  • building capacity to implement the Minimum Initial Service Package interventions in Armenia