This policy paper aims to bring forward stories and experiences of on-the-ground realities of communities trying to survive the pandemic while struggling to access fundamental SRHR needs. There is a strong public health concern for the long-term socioeconomic and health impacts of COVID-19 surges in different parts of the world.
Act With Us and for Us: Program Design Consultations With Adolescent Girls in Displaced Settings in Ethiopia and Uganda
Plan InternationalPlan International’s Adolescent Programming Toolkit was used to consult with adolescent girls and young mothers with the aim to design an adolescent-responsive multi-year project in Ethiopia and Uganda. Adolescent girls and young mothers prioritized education, livelihoods, health, and protection services, and highlighted how humanitarian actors can engage with their families, communities, and services to meet their needs and priorities.
This unit describes the Ipas MVA Plus® and Ipas Easy Grip Cannulae®; how to process MVA instruments in accordance with local regulations and with locally available products/systems; how to provide uterine evacuation with the Ipas MVA Plus®.
This unit describes how to create a pain management plan with the patient and how to simulate a uterine evacuation procedure using Ipas MVA Plus® on a pelvic model.
This unit describes how to recognize complications; the medical eligibility for select methods of postabortion contraception; and providing referrals to other reproductive health services.
This unit describes monitoring and its importance in improving abortion-related services; the general steps for integrating abortion-related services into existing sexual and reproductive health programs; developing a work plan to ensure effective supply management, the sustainability of uterine evacuation services, and ongoing training/mentoring needs.
This unit analyzes how the training met participants’ expectations and the course objectives.
DRC-based Organization Advances SRH in Rural Communities
Erin Worden, Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG)Infirmiers en Action dans le Milieu Rural (IAMR), which translates to Nurses in Action in Rural Areas, works to serve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs in rural, displaced communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a region with ongoing conflict and political instability. IAMR’s CEO, Benson Ahmed Hussein, said that the small community-based organization offers a range of SRH services, from contraceptive counseling to delivery kit provisions in local maternity wards. IAMR is committed to working with and empowering particularly marginalized communities, including adolescents, people who engage with transactional sex, and people who have experienced unsafe abortions.
Opportunity: Hiring Program Coordinator, Columbia University
Columbia UniversityThe Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health seeks a full-time Program Coordinator to assist with a range of programmatic, research, and communications activities focused on addressing the puberty and menstrual health and hygiene needs of low-income populations around the world. The Program Coordinator will play a key role in supporting the GATE (Gender, Adolescent Transitions, and the Environment) Program’s puberty portfolio of work, including the development and dissemination of puberty education books, coordinating new research activities, and the development of communications materials, social media outputs, and research articles.
Addressing Sexual Violence against Men, Boys, and LGBTQ+ Refugees: Learnings from Pilot Projects in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Italy/Bulgaria
Women's Refugee CommissionIn 2018 and 2019, the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) undertook exploratory qualitative research on sexual violence against men and boys (including those with diverse sexual orientations and/or gender identity/expression) in three refugee settings: Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar), Italy, and urban Kenya. During the data collection process, in-country partners were identified to pilot projects to support uptake of sexual violence services for male and LGBTQ+ survivors. This report presents a synthesis of the key learnings from the pilots and outlines top recommendations.
This brief describes Save the Children's efforts to integrate family planning and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and offers recommendations for future integrated programming.