The Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies (GCHS), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Science Practice are conducting this study on behalf of Elrha to explore sexual and reproductive health (SRH) innovations in humanitarian settings. As part of the research, they are interested in a wide array of innovations including, but not limited to, new or significant adaptations to products, technologies, services, delivery methods, processes, approaches or policies that address important problems in humanitarian SRH.
The resource (available in English, French, and Spanish) provides women with information on how to buy safe and effective abortion pills. Please share the link widely! Comments? Questions? Concerns? Please reach out to Bill Powell: powellb@ipas.org. Coming soon: A shorter, downloadable, and printable version!
This report presents the findings of research on male survivors of sexual violence in Afghanistan and their healthcare needs and barriers to services, and recommendations to realize a survivor-centered approach to healthcare provision.
UNFPA & the Campaign to End Fistula are delighted to announce the new edition of the global UN guidance, Obstetric fistula & other forms of female genital fistula: Guiding principles for clinical management and program development. The so-called “orange manual” has long been the only authoritative, gold-standard guide to the holistic, comprehensive, and “bigger picture” aspects of eliminating obstetric fistula (including programming, policy, prevention, treatment, social reintegration, and more). The original (2006) version of the manual has now been updated with the latest evidence, strategies, tools, and resources.
The Youth Alliance for Reproductive Health, Democratic Republic of Congo is collective of Congolese youth dedicated to educating their peers about sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Established in December 2019 and based in Goma, YARH DRC primarily partners with schools to provide peer-to-peer SRH education. Community panels, workshops, and awareness-raising events ground YARH DRC’s work and complement their virtual programming offerings, which were adapted to meet youth’s SRH education needs during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care to all, including those affected by crises, is an overarching goal of the health sector. However, during a crisis, SRH services that are more critical in preventing death and illness are often prioritized over others. These priority lifesaving SRH interventions are bundled into what is known as the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH. The MISP, which is a global standard in humanitarian response, has six objectives and one additional priority. Objective six of the MISP consists of planning for comprehensive SRH services that are integrated into primary health care as soon as possible. Over the years, implementing this planning process has proven to be a challenge. The objective of this toolkit is to provide a step-by-step guide for SRH coordinators, or staff with equivalent responsibilities, to facilitate an in-country workshop to catalyze participatory planning among stakeholders and partners.
This toolkit enables facilitators to foster a systematic, engaging, interactive, and inclusive planning process among participants over a two-day workshop. Five key steps move workshop participants towards developing a shared work plan with consensus around priority activities for transitioning from MISP to comprehensive SRH services while strengthening the health system in settings affected by crises.
This workbook supports those who are being trained to facilitate planning workshops by guiding them through the participatory planning workshop and process. For this reason, it is built into the toolkit. Though originally created in response to COVID-19 restrictions, the training strategy and this workbook can be adapted and used in other contexts where travel is severely limited.
This PowerPoint covers the following topics: MISP and comprehensive SRH services, and what it means to integrate comprehensive SRH, services into primary health care, Definitions of quality SRH services, health system building blocks, Current national or subnational SRH situation.
Below, please find a list of templates included in the annex of the facilitator's guide and participant workbook.
Evaluation of 26,076 women who self-managed abortion in restrictive settings shows high safety, effectivity, and acceptability. This retrospective study aims to provide insight into the use, acceptability, and outcome of a large group of women who self-managed medical abortion. It analyzes the follow-up evaluations of 30,344 service users of Women on Web over a 10-year period, from January 2009 to January 2020.
On behalf of the Respectful Maternity Care Council, we are pleased to announce the Respectful Maternity Care Charter: Universal Rights of Women and Newborns is available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian.