by UNOSSC | Sep 3, 2019 | UNFPA
Challenge Around 214 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe and effective family planning methods, for reasons ranging from lack of access to information or services to lack of support from their partners or communities....
by UNOSSC | May 17, 2019 | UNFPA
Challenge Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and one of the highest maternal mortality rates (648 maternal deaths/100,000 living births in 2006; 545/100,000 in 2011). A decision-making space has been created where husbands can encourage others to...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Highlighted, Solution
Challenge The conservation and protection of biodiversity worldwide is a critical issue identified as SDG 15. The Africa region offers outstanding opportunities to experience wildlife tourism. However, the loss of its biodiversity through weak conservation policies...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge LDCs and SIDS in Asia and the Pacific, and in Africa, share a number of structural challenges and geophysical constraints that result in disproportionately large economic, social and environmental challenges that hinder their development. These countries...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the largest and most complex since the virus was first discovered in 1976. There were more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It also spread across countries, starting in Guinea and...
