Young woman receives injectable contraception at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic
A young woman receives an injectable form of contraception at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic in Cabo Delgado. Mobile clinic activities are funded by the Governments of Norway and Austria, and UN CERF. Mobile clinics provide basic and emergency obstetric care, ante- and post-natal care, family planning, HIV service provision, and cervical cancer screening, among other key services, in remote areas impacted by the conflict in the north of Mozambique.
With more than half of births occurring amongst women aged 15-24 nationally (Census 2017), increasing access and availability of contraception is key, particularly amongst youth who have low usage rates, to reduce and prevent adolescent pregnancy.
Through UNFPA's support, nearly 400,000 women, adolescents and youth gained access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services in the northern provinces of Mozambique in 2022.
Photo: Mbuto Machili/UNFPA Mozambique
Young woman receives injectable contraception at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic
A young woman receives an injectable form of contraception at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic in Cabo Delgado. Mobile clinic activities are funded by the Governments of Norway and Austria, and UN CERF. Mobile clinics provide basic and emergency obstetric care, ante- and post-natal care, family planning, HIV service provision, and cervical cancer screening, among other key services, in remote areas impacted by the conflict in the north of Mozambique.
With more than half of births occurring amongst women aged 15-24 nationally (Census 2017), increasing access and availability of contraception is key, particularly amongst youth who have low usage rates, to reduce and prevent adolescent pregnancy.
Through UNFPA's support, nearly 400,000 women, adolescents and youth gained access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services in the northern provinces of Mozambique in 2022.
Photo: Mbuto Machili/UNFPA Mozambique