Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster prone region in the world.
UNFPA’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office manages the Regional Prepositioning Initiative in partnership with Australia, a flagship programme to strengthen preparedness and build resilience in the most disaster-prone countries in the region.
Since 2015, the Regional Prepositioning Initiative has reached over 278,198 people affected by emergencies with more than US$ 3.2 million worth of essential supplies to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls and to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 174 emergencies across 16 countries.
Prepositioning has dramatically improved UNFPA’s humanitarian response in Asia and the Pacific in terms of speed, quality and efficiency. Prepositioning has also strengthened UNFPA’s reputation and reliability as a humanitarian actor, provided new opportunities to advocate for measures to address sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence during humanitarian responses, and helped to build trust with governments and other partners. These outcomes assist UNFPA’s work in relation to the humanitarian, development and peace-building nexus.
