The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

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key partners

Honduran Institute of Social Security

Institute of Military Forecasting

Ministry of Health

National Institute for Retirement and Pension of Public Employees and Officials of the Executive Branch

National Teachers' Forecasting Institute


UNOPS in Honduras helps partners achieve their development goals across a range of sectors. This includes providing support for sustainable infrastructure projects in the areas health, education, social services, violence prevention, adaptation to climate change and information technology.

UNOPS also supports the specialized procurement of medicines, medical and surgical equipment, computer equipment, as well as the development and acquisition of software.

The team further provides technical assistance in the creation of public-private partnerships for infrastructure and investment projects.

Key Information

  • UNOPS impact in Honduras

    • Procured more than 2,300 items of medical and surgical materials for more than 750,000 beneficiaries of the Honduran Social Security Institute and for the entire health care system of the Ministry of Health.
    • Developed information technology projects for five state institutions.

  • 7.86%
    Current health expenditure
    Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

    Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

    Source: data.worldbank.org (2020)

    9.75M
    Population
    Total population

    Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

    Source: data.worldbank.org (2021)

    75
    Life expectancy at birth
    Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

    Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

    Source: data.worldbank.org (2021)

  • Flag HN Contact Details

    UNOPS Honduras

    Edificio Las Naciones Unidas

    Col. San Carlos

    Calle República de México

    N.o 2816

    Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    Email: recepción.hn@unops.org

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