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Highlights
- Across the crisis region, UNFPA reached over 345,980 people (97% in Ukraine) with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and around 113,370 people (92% in Ukraine) benefited from gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, risk mitigation and response services.
- The full-scale war in Ukraine enters its fourth year in 2025, with continuous hostilities driving further displacement. Ukraine's healthcare system is buckling under the weight of over 2,209 documented attacks since February 2022, jeopardizing the lives of both patients and healthcare providers. These attacks, coupled with power outages, psychological distress from constant shelling, and rising costs, are creating a humanitarian crisis within a crisis.
- UNFPA published its 2025 Appeal for the Regional Response to the Ukraine Crisis, which details funding requirements of $94.4 million to ensure uninterrupted SRH and GBV services in Ukraine and neighbouring countries and to build long-term resilience.
Ukraine
- In an effort to bolster the healthcare system, 25 regional perinatal centers and maternity hospitals were equipped with high-frequency ventilation units and essential life-saving drugs, enhancing their capacity to provide critical neonatal care. Furthermore, the basement of the maternity hospital in Kherson City underwent a full renovation, improving its functionality and safety.
- UNFPA supported the establishment of 13 municipal service delivery points to enhance access to GBV prevention and response services in areas most affected by the war, in partnership with the respective municipalities. This brings the total number of UNFPA-supported service delivery points (SDPs) providing GBV prevention and response services to 396.
- Approximately 1,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women received cash assistance for sexual and reproductive health and protection needs, while another 7,500 received maternity kits containing essential supplies for mothers and babies.
- UNFPA played a crucial role in developing legislation addressing conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Ukraine by providing technical expertise to ensure adherence to a survivor-centered approach. The law lays the foundation for survivors to exercise their rights and mandates the development of detailed procedures for providing GBV services.
Neighboring countries
- In Moldova, UNFPA provided financial health coverage for nearly 5,000 Ukrainian refugee women aged 18 to 55 years, ensuring access to healthcare, with 30% receiving specialized and emergency hospital services, which often incurs high costs.
- UNFPA developed a roadmap for improving GBV services in the Republic of Moldova, accompanied by a 3-year social investment plan.
- In November, UNFPA scaled-up its services in Belarus by establishing 2 new safe spaces for women and girls with disabilities to increase their access to life-saving services and information, bringing the total of safe spaces established by UNFPA and its partners in the country to 6.
- The Safe You app was officially launched in Poland, in partnership with Impact Innovations Institute’s Initiative (IMINI) Foundation and Feminoteka Foundation. The app is a virtual safe space with instant access to life-saving assistance, vital support resources, a support community, and essential information about available services.
- UNFPA partnered with the Polish Migration Forum (PMF) and provided cultural and trauma sensitive birthing classes to refugee couples. To expand this initiative, UNFPA also trained SRH providers across Poland in these specialized skills.
- UNFPA’s partner in Slovakia, the League for Mental Health (LFMH), conducted a 10-week campaign to raise awareness about GBV and support services, reaching around one million people.
- In 2024, UNFPA secured US$73.7 million of the $105 million needed to reach its target populations, leaving a funding gap of $31.3 million. This shortfall limited UNFPA’s ability to deliver vital services, particularly for vulnerable groups in conflict-affected areas, in the full scope of what was envisaged in the 2024 HNRP and RRP.