Integrate Climate Change with Sexual and Reproductive Health to Safeguard the Wellbeing of All

Mar 12, 2021 | UNFPA
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“Climate change is one of the most disruptive issues of our time. Not only is it a disrupter of progress towards development, but it is also a multiplier of existing health vulnerabilities and gender inequalities,” said Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, Regional Director for UNFPA East and Southern Africa.

The destruction of households and livelihoods, and the loss of livestock and crops due to severe droughts are a reality for many people in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and the Sahel region. Hard hit by climate change, they also endure difficulties in dealing with its negative consequences.