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This self-instructional learning module increases knowledge of priority SRH services that must be initiated at the onset of a humanitarian crisis and provides the information and tools needed to fully implement the MISP.

The ASRH Sub-Working Group released the 2020 revision of the ASRH toolkit for humanitarian settings, ran a webinar series to assist adolescent-led organizations in their COVID-19 responses, and provided 15 grants to adolescent-led organizations.

Launched the Accelerating Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Initiative.

Photobook document mothers returning to health care facilities in Sierra Leone post Ebola

Infographic describing the challenges of delivering community-based CH services in a post Ebola context in Sierra Leone

Success story documenting communities helping to decrease home deliveries through Facility Management Committees

Two-page brief describing post Ebola activities in Sierra Leone to strengthen RMNCH services

Evidence on experiences and perceptions of care in pregnancy and childbirth in conflict-affected settings is limited. Researchers interviewed 561 maternity care providers and observed 413 antenatal care consultations, 671 births, and 393 postnatal care consultations at public health facilities across Afghanistan. Researchers found that healthcare providers work under stressed conditions with insufficient support, and most women receive mixed quality care. Understanding socio-cultural and contextual factors underpinning acceptance of mistreatment in childbirth, related to conflict, insecurity, gender, and power dynamics s critical for improving the quality of maternity care in Afghanistan and similar fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Women and girls in low- and middle-income countries suffer the highest rates of violence and the total cost of violence against women and girls has been estimated to amount to 2% of the global GDP – equivalent to 1.5 trillion dollars. In the first review of its kind, conducted by Washington University in partnership with UNICEF, a new analysis of 8 countries reveals the economic burden women and girls in low- and middle-income countries face as a result of violence.

Child marriage may disproportionately impact girls in humanitarian crisis and displacement, yet there is little guidance for practitioners looking to develop evidence-based programming. This newly-released report presents the findings of a study undertaken together with Save the Children and Plan International and provides humanitarian practitioners with the first-of-its-kind, youth-centered guidance on how to prevent and respond to child marriage in displacement settings. Additionally, a special report examines the impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent girls and marriage decision-making.

Sarah Chynoweth, Monica Onyango, Meghan Gallagher, and Sara Casey call on the authors of the Lancet Series on Women's and Children's Health in Conflict Settings to build on the substantial investments and achievements in SRH over the past 25 years, including existing partnerships, evidence, and minimum standards on SRH and newborn health.