Commitment title:

Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as part of universal health coverage (UHC)

Commitment description:

Given the early pregnancy rate recorded in recent years in my country, and the need to improve the situation, my organization is committed to developing actions in partnership with other institutions and the government, and to increasing the level of information on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues, through various awareness-raising campaigns in different parts of the country and with different target groups, as a means of changing the behaviour and attitudes of adolescents and young people with respect to this issue, and thus reducing the early pregnancy rate as much as possible by the year 2030.

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    Realizar campanhas de sensibilização nas escolas e comunidades, de forma a aumentar meios de informações para os adolescentes e jovens. Desenvolver acções de formação para animadores pares, para que sensibilização seja feita de jovem para jovem
Commitment to be actioned in: Sao Tome and Principe
Submitted from: Sao Tome and Principe
Submitted by
ARCOS-STP
Thematic area
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Commitment category

(4) Access for all adolescents and youth, especially girls, to comprehensive and age-responsive information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make free and informed decisions and choices about their sexuality and reproductive lives, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, all forms of sexual and  gender-based violence and harmful practices, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate a safe transition into adulthood.