United Nations entities recall that a central principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to “ensure that no one is left behind” and to “reach the furthest behind first”. Recognizing that discrimination in health care settings is a major barrier to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations entities commit to working together to support Member States in taking coordinated multisectoral action to eliminate discrimination in health care settings.
This document presents a user-friendly checklist specifically addressed to health care providers, at the primary health care level, who are involved in the direct provision of contraceptive information and services. It is complimentary to WHO guidelines on Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance and recommendations, and the Implementation Guide published jointly with UNFPA in 2015. This checklist also builds on the WHO vision document on Standards for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Care and its ongoing work under the Quality, Equity and Dignity initiative. The checklist should be read along with other guidance from WHO and also from partners.
Aimed to support 1) program staff directly delivering services; 2) program supervisors and country-level staff responsible for designing, coordinating & monitoring field activities, and 3) technical staff, focused on providing technical support.
Comprehensive Sexuality Education promotes the fundamental principles of a young person’s right to education about their bodies, relationships and sexuality. And the full range of information, skills and values to make informed decisions about their health and sexuality.
This statement affirms that crisis-affected women have rights to emergency contraception (EC), in addition to providing guidance on the types, mechanisms, and accessibility of EC.
This documentary showcases the research of All Survivors Project on conflict-related sexual violence against men and boys in the Central African Republic.
Through qualitative research, this study aimed to determine the operational enablers and barriers related to the implementation of two S-CORT modules: clinical management of sexual violence survivors (CMoSVS) and manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Across three participating countries (Burkina Faso, Nepal, and South Sudan), 135 health staff attended the CMoSVS refresher training and 94 the MVA refresher training. Results from the focus group discussions and in-depth interviews suggest that the S-CORT approach is respectful of human rights and quality of care principles. Furthermore, it is potentially effective in enhancing the knowledge and skills of existing trained service providers, strengthening their capacity, and changing their attitudes towards abortion-related services, for example. The S-CORT is a promising model for implementation in the acute phase of an emergency upon stabilization of the security situation. The model can also be integrated into broader post-crisis capacity development efforts. Future operational research should emphasize not only an assessment of new modules’ contents, but whether implementing this refresher training model in remote outreach settings is feasible, effective, and efficient.
This Field Guide is a companion to the Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings (2018), providing information related specifically to newborn care during the neonatal period (days 0-28 of life). It has been designed as an enhancement to national strategies and programs aimed at improving the lives of newborns and their mothers, and to strategies such as the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP).
This paper argues against the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities in crisis programming, instead suggesting that architecting an inclusive humanitarian agenda is not "too hard" to pursue.
This mixed methods evaluation by UNFPA of the Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits for Crises Setting provides important considerations during the procurement, distribution, and utilization processes. The research concludes that investing in capacity and systems building for sustainable supply chains in countries needs to be a top priority to ensure that the right people in the right…
The Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crisis (IAWG) calls on the international community to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and protection needs of Rohingya women and girls displaced in Bangladesh are fully met. Without urgent action, maternal and newborn deaths, sexual violence and other life-threatening disabilities and illnesses will rise.…
Infection Prevention and Control: Reference Manual for Health Care Facilities with Limited Resources
The manual is designed to provide Infection Prevention and Control guidance to hospitals (e.g., tertiary care teaching, regional and district hospitals), clinics, and other health care facilities (e.g., in the private sector), including in resource-limited settings.