Shaping the new COVID-19 reality: Creating evidence-based solutions to sustain family planning in humanitarian settings and across the nexus
- Updated 11/24/2020
Overview
The Women’s Refugee Commission will share key findings from a mixed-methods study assessing the landscape of family planning services across diverse, crisis-affected settings. The study included:
- Key informant interviews before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including nearly 30 interviews exploring the effects of COVID-19 on family planning in crisis settings
- Three case studies examining family planning service provision in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh; Borno State, Nigeria; and Cyclone Idai-affected Mozambique
- A coverage survey of implementing agencies
- A literature review
During this interactive consultation, participants worked in small groups to develop evidence-based recommendations for governments, donors and implementing agencies to improve access to the full range of family planning methods from preparedness, to acute humanitarian response, to protracted response and recovery.