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Volcano eruption in Goma raises urgent need for reproductive health services for women and girls

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Nord Kivu Govenor Lieutenant-General Constant Ndima est (left), UNFPA Head of Eastern DRC Office, Kenneth Ehouzou (right) and humanitarian actors during a distribution of relief supplies for displaced people in Sake. © UNFPA DRC/Theophane Patinvoh (Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 2 years ago)

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The flowing lava destroyed health facilities, disrupting the provision of health services. Thousands of pregnant women who fled the volcanic eruption near Goma will need access to sexual and reproductive health services to ensure safe pregnancy and birth. © UNFPA DRC/Theophane Patinvoh (Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 2 years ago)

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At Kyeshero Hospital, UNFPA provided delivery kits for women giving birth and for the midwives attending to them, as well as sexually transmitted infection treatment kits, and dignity kits with essential items for women and girls. © UNFPA DRC/Theophane Patinvoh (Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 2 years ago)

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