This non-inferiority study assessed efficacy of a common outpatient medical abortion regimen among people with pregnancies 64–70 days and 71–77 days of gestation.
This study found that medical abortion products in 20 low- and middle-income countries lacked proper storage instructions and included outdated in gestational age limit information, emphasizing the need to revisit these inserts.
This study evaluated the effects on mifepristone given as pre-treatment on rates of expulsion of the fetus and placenta.
This Call to Action - issued on the International Day of the Midwife - calls on governments, donors, decision makers, and health institutions to ensure the protection of midwives, women and newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 lays bare stark disparities in power. Among the world’s poorest and conflict-affected populations, these power hierarchies persist, albeit in different forms. In refugee camps, social distancing is a luxury made impossible by living in close quarters. In many low-income communities around the world, the poorest lack access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene to protect themselves from the virus.
The IAWG Task Team on Male Survivors of Sexual Violence aims to improve the quality, availability, access, and utilization of priority minimum and comprehensive services for male survivors of sexual violence in humanitarian settings (including those with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity /expression) and to ensure that these efforts complement and/or reinforce services for female survivors.
This appeal asks wealthy governments to take two steps: Firstly, pledge support to this COVID-19 global humanitarian response plan. It requires $6.7 billion. Secondly, continue to support existing humanitarian response plans.
The Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crisis urges governments, humanitarian actors, and the private sector to work together to incorporate women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling SRH services during the COVID-19 public health response. We have provided a suite of advocacy tools, including the full advocacy statement, advocacy summary, a social media toolkit, and "Not a Luxury: a Call to Maintain Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian and Fragile Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
This advocacy document urges the incorporation of women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 public health response. It includes a detailed set of policy recommendations extensively reviewed and validated by IAWG technical experts, policy specialists, and operational agencies working on the front-lines of the COVID-19 response.
This document provides a brief summary of the seven policy recommendations IAWG suggests for the incorporation of women’s and girls’ access to essential and rights-fulfilling sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 public health response.
A suite of social media tools is available for download, including graphics and text to amplify SRH needs in COVID-19 response over Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Save the Children and CDC led a pre- and post-study to look at the feasibility and effectiveness of an Essential Newborn Care (ENC) intervention package Bosaso, Somalia. The intervention package was based on guidance from the Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings: Field Guide. The baseline assessments focused at the primary health facility level, found low levels of existing knowledge and skills for ENC among nurses and midwives; lack of utilization and availability of necessary newborn supplies and equipment; and, from direct observation of intrapartum care, the data showed variable ENC practices provided to women and newborns. Postnatal interviews showed high levels of satisfaction for delivery and newborn care received among women. The ENC intervention package included an adapted clinical training based on the Helping Babies Survive curriculum, the provision of RH and newborn supply kits, and the installation of a newborn health register book.