Expanding access to sexual and reproductive health in crises

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Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) Process Evaluation Tools (Revised 2022)

6/1/2022

The Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations (MISP) is a set of priority lifesaving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and activities to be implemented at the onset of every humanitarian… More

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings: 2020 Edition

Updated 7/19/2021

The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit provides strategies and tools to help close the SRH service provision gap for adolescents by building upon the advocacy endeavors and lessons learned from the past decade to advance SRH… More

SRH Clinical Outreach Refresher Trainings for Crisis Settings (S-CORTs)

Updated 9/1/2021

The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Clinical Outreach Refresher Trainings (S-CORTs) are a series of training materials specifically designed for SRH service providers working in crisis-affected contexts. Each training covers a select set of… More

Ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health supplies

10/13/2020

To ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health supplies, sexual and reproductive health supply chains must be able to withstand, adapt to, and recover from shocks, including humanitarian crises. The Inter-Agency Working Group and the… More

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EngenderHealth and Partners Announce New USAID Award to Expand Reproductive Health Equity Globally

EngenderHealth

The Accelerating Choice, Equity, and Sustainability for Services (ACCESS) project launched at the end of September 2024. Funded by USAID, this five-year initiative aims to expand equitable access to high-quality FP/RH services for underserved and marginalized populations through locally led, sustainable, gender-transformative, and youth-responsive solutions that address systemic barriers. ACCESS will work across a variety of contexts in low- and middle-income countries, including at the humanitarian-development nexus and in settings with weakened health systems to help improve access to high-quality, integrated, equitable, and respectful family planning and reproductive health.

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Updated 3/29/2025 Learn More

Examining Maternal and Newborn Health in Conflict-Affected Contexts: Country Profiles

EQUAL Research Consortium

The EQUAL research consortium is working to generate evidence on effective approaches to deliver life-saving maternal and newborn health (MNH) care in countries affected by conflict including in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan. These are also four countries experiencing among the poorest MNH outcomes worldwide. This information has been documented in four MNH Country profiles which will be updated annually.

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Why It Matters

35 million of the 134 million people in need of humanitarian assistance are women and girls of reproductive age.