UNFPA AND GEORGIA
PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION
PROGRAMME PRIORITIES FOR
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
UNFPA cooperation in Georgia is
based on:
• National priorities as articulated in development
strategic documents
• MDGs
• ICPD
• UNDAF
• UNFPA Global Strategic Plan (2008-2013)
Country Programme components:
Reproductive Health
Population Development
Gender
Advocacy and Effective Policy Dialogue
• Supporting National RH Council to strengthen
coordination, advocacy and resource mobilization efforts;
• Supporting MoLHSA to strengthen and implement RH
policy framework
• Supporting the development of nationally led guidelines
and protocols;
Advocacy and Effective Policy Dialogue
(contd.)
• Strengthening partnerships with mass media to mobilize
public support for RH issues;
• Strengthening partnerships with private sector including
insurance companies;
• Expanding partnerships and technical knowledge-sharing
among technical institutions;
Improved access to comprehensive sexual and
reproductive health services and information
• Partnerships with the government and international
organisations to expand the programmes in the field of RH
to all administrative regions of Georgia;
• Strengthening capacities of reproductive health service
providers at all levels to provide high-quality services;
• Improving the quality and expanding the range of
reproductive health services
Improved access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive
health services and information (contd.)
• Supporting the outreach services of the reproductive health
mobile teams in all regions of Georgia;
• Supporting educational and behavioral change activities
with a special focus on vulnerable populations.
Investing in Youth
• Supporting the integration of reproductive health education
materials into school education curricula;
• Expansion of out-of-school educational activities for youth
through training activities for peer educators from different
groups;
Investing in Youth (contd.)
• Extra-curricular educational and behaviour change
communication activities;
• Capacity building of the youth-friendly reproductive
health centers in order to provide high-quality services to
youth in public and private sectors.
Priority Areas for Cooperation:
Health Financing
• Surveys and research for evidence based decision making
• Supporting MDG group of the parliamentarians
• Integrated approach to RH services
• Private-public partnerships
Human Resources
• Updating and institutionalization of diploma training
curricula, residency programmes and certification in the
field of RH
• Supporting the trainings of RH service providers at
different levels (Family doctors, nurses and midwives,
Ob/Gyn)
Human Resources (contd.)
• On job trainings of RH service providers by RH mobile
teams
• Exchange programmes for Georgian doctors,
radiologists and midwives in the field of family
planning, councelling, Emergency Obstetric Care, breast
and cervical cancers screening
Service Delivery
• RH Commodity security
• Integrated approach
• Equity in access to RH information and
services
• Quality assurance
• Monitoring of implementation of the service
guidelines and protocols
Investing in Health System
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Cost effectiveness of investments
Scaling up successful interventions
Sustainability
Partnerships with new players (private
sector, insurance mechanisms)