UNFPA South Africa

State of World Population Report

State of World Population 2019

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether...

State of World Population Report

The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition

Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at any...

State of World Population Report

Worlds Apart: Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality

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Publication

Incorporating Comprehensive Sexuality Education within Higher and Basic Education Institutions in KwaZulu Natal

Evidence has shown that comprehensive sexuality education that is age- appropriate, gender- sensitive and life skills- based, can provide young people with the knowledge, skills an...

Publication

Case Study for Effective Implementation of the Integrated School Health Programme

In terms of teenage and learner pregnancy, it is estimated that fertility in South Africa rises from a low of 2% among 15 year olds and peaks at 30.2% among 19 year olds (DOH, MRC ...

Technical Reports and Document

Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Peer Education at Mnambithi TVET College

Worldwide, more than a million young people between the ages of 15-24 are newly infected with HIV each year. In 2013, almost 60% of all new HIV infections occurred amongst adolesce...

State of World Population Report

The State of World Population 2016

The State of World Population report notes that of the 125 million 10-year-olds today, 60 million are girls who are systematically disadvantaged at the global level as they move th...

Technical Reports and Document

South African National Sex Worker HIV Plan 2016- 2019

The launch and implementation of this, the South African National Sex Worker HIV Plan, shows the comittment of combating new infections in this population. The plan provides for a ...

Publications

Strategic planning for saving the lives of mothers, newborns and children and preventing stillbirths in KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa has the largest population of children under the age of five and experiences the highest number of child births per annum in the country. Its...