Sexual and reproductive health is a significant public health issue, including in epidemics and UNFPA Somalia is working closely with the Federal Ministry of Health as part of the UN-Wide coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the accessibility and availability health services. Also, UNFPA is working with its implementing partners across the country to ensure SRH and GBV services are available for communities and specifically to women, adolescents girls and youth.

UNFPA Somalia is working closely with the Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services as part of the UN-wide coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the accessibility and availability of reproductive health services as well as gender-based violence services. UNFPA is fully participating in the Government led COVID-19 coordination, UN coordination for COVID-19, Heads of Humanitarian Agencies (HoHA), humanitarian country team (HCT), inter-cluster coordination group (ICCG). UNFPA is leading the national and sub-national GBV sub-cluster under the protection cluster and reproductive health working group under the health cluster and participating health cluster and protection cluster.