New Releases

In 2008 the Ministry of Health and partners recognized the need for establishing and strengthening sexual and reproductive health services in Zimbabwe for adolescents. At that time there was no standard package for the provision of comprehensive ASRH services. Additionally, while frequently discussed, there was no clear definition for what “youth friendly” health services entailed. The national strategy, adopted in 2009, aimed to address these issues. It identified four core objectives: 1) to promote adoption of safer sexual and reproductive health practices among young people; 2) to increase availability, access and utilization of friendly SRH services by young people; 3) to create a safe and supportive environment for addressing SRH issues for young people; and 4) to strengthen coordination and partnerships for evidence-based on ASRH programming.

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched the key findings from three thematic reports produced from the Zimbabwe 2012 Census. The thematic reports focusing on Mortality, Nuptuality & Fertility and Population Projections provide a detailed analysis of data collected during the 2012 Census Report. The results of the 2012 Census were released in December 2013. The launch of these thematic reports is the last specific objective of the 2012 Population Census of producing national population projections to enhance future planning. Statistics are a vital tool for economic and social development and reliable and timely data can help Zimbabwe in the formulation of development policies and programmes. This fact sheet captures key findings and projections from the reports. 

More than 100 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance—more than at
any time since the end of the Second World War. Among those displaced by conflict or
uprooted by disaster are tens of millions of women and adolescent girls. This report is a
call to action to meet their needs and ensure their rights.