The South-East region of Madagascar, composed of 06 districts has been hard hit successively by intense tropical cyclones including Batsirai, February 05, 2022 and Emnati February 25, 2022, with the entrance of the Mananjary District. These two cyclones left behind them desolation, damage to infrastructure and housing, and affected the majority of the population of this region, including pregnant women, nursing mothers and women of childbearing age.

Among the destroyed infrastructures, the maternity ward, the operating room and the Family Planning (FP) model center of the District Reference Hospital Center, level II of Mananjary, which are totally dislocated and damaged, limiting women's access to reproductive health and family planning services.

Moreover, these cyclones have also increased the prevalence of gender-based violence in all its forms. About 50% of women in this region suffer from violence, the most frequent form being domestic violence," said MAROSOA André Armand, Leader of the Men's Group in Manakara.

In response to this humanitarian crisis, UNFPA, with the support of its partners, mobilized and deployed emergency aid supplies estimated at $458,000 through the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC).

This assistance included medical supplies and equipment to support the Ministry of Public Health to reduce the risk of high maternal and neonatal mortality and the Ministry of Population to build women's resilience to violence.

UNFPA, through its partners and staff, has made efforts that continue today to enable women to recover, enjoy their fundamental rights and regain their dignity.