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Welcome to the Disaster Risk Information e-Library of UNFPA, the one-stop shop to the most comprehensive suite of risk data, information, and knowledge on UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

 

Policies and programmes in disaster risk reduction

UNFPA’s three-year institutional strategy for emergency preparedness, humanitarian response and transition and recovery includes various measures to strengthen technical and institutional capacities to incorporate population, reproductive health and gender concerns into overall emergency prepared