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UNFPA in Tanzania

UNFPA in Tanzania

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

Our goal is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality to accelerate progress on the agenda of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.

Our transformative results are:

To end the unmet need for family planning
To end preventable maternal deaths
To end gender-based violence and harmful practices

With the aim to leave no one behind.

As part of the “Delivering as One” modality UNFPA provides support to Tanzania in the areas of:

Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Adolescents and youth
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Humanitarian response
Data for development

Office Address:
1131c Msasani Road
Masaki
Dar es Salaam
United Republic of Tanzania
Email: tanzania.info@unfpa.org

Office Hours:
Monday to Thursday (7.30am to 4.30pm)
Friday (7.30am to 1.30pm)
Time difference from New York: Winter +8 , Summer +7

Key Results

Emergency obstetric and newborn care

Emergency obstetric and newborn care coverage was met, as per the international recommended minimum standards

Midwifery curricula: inclusion of special needs

Needs of persons with disabilities were included in midwife curricula

Maternal death notification

At least 25 per cent of the estimated maternal deaths were notified

Gender-based violence in emergencies

At least 15 of the 18 minimum standards were applied for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies

Life skills programmes for girls

1,275

Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

481

Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

250

Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Female genital mutilation

264,258

Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation

Community declarations on harmful practices

1

Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

What we do

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

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UNFPA in CO

Country Representative

Country Representative

Mark Bryan Schreiner

Mark Bryan Schreiner is UNFPA’s Country Representative, United Republic of Tanzania since 2022. Mark previously served as the UNFPA Representative in Rwanda from 2017- 2021.
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