In December 2022, the formal establishment of a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) Task Team as part of the World Health Organization’s Global Health Cluster (GHC) was approved by the GHC’s Strategic Advisory Group. The SRH Task Team will serve as a formal entity within the GHC to ensure SRH priorities are systematically addressed in all phases of humanitarian response and SRH coordination is consistently included in cluster coordination at both the global and country levels.
Türkiye and Syria
EmergencyOn Monday, 6 February 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit just after 4 a.m. local time, that sent tremors hundreds of miles and creating disaster zones on both sides of the Türkiye-Syria border, including areas home to millions of people already displaced by the civil war in Syria. Over a week later, the Turkish and Syrian governments are reporting over 46,000 deaths.
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EmergencyTürkiye Cross-Border: Health Resources
OCHA - ReliefWeb ServicesBased in Gaziantep, Turkey, health organizations do cross-border work to provide medical care to families in Northwest Syria. Led by the World Health Organization’s Gaziantep office, the Health Cluster provides humanitarian assistance to people in need and restores disrupted health care services in Northwest Syria.
Türkiye/Syria: Earthquake Response
OCHA - ReliefWeb ServicesThis resource page has collated information, including a humanitarian contact list sign-up form, an earthquake assessment tracker, and the latest OCHA situation reports, regarding the Türkiye and Syria earthquake that occurred on 6 February 2023.
Maternal and Newborn Health During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Operational Guidance for Humanitarian and Fragile Settings
READY Initiative and IAWG Sub-Working Group on Maternal and Newborn HealthThis guidance provides humanitarian actors responsible for maternal and newborn health programming with priority readiness and response actions to maintain the continuity, quality, and safety of health care for pregnant and postnatal women and adolescent girls and their newborns during an infectious disease outbreak response in a humanitarian or fragile setting.

The Gender-Based Violence Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (GBV-SRHR) Service Integration Toolkit
Pathfinder InternationalThis toolkit provides practical tips, implementation tools, and provider job aids. This toolkit provides resources and guidance for integration of GBV and SRH at multiple stages. It can be used across a range of contexts—ranging from those where integration is being introduced for the first time to contexts where GBV-SRH service integration has begun and faces challenges in operationalization.
Safe Abortion Care During Infectious Disease Outbreaks
International Rescue Committee (IRC)The purpose of this guide is to provide practical advice for health staff undertaking infectious disease preparedness and response activities to ensure that access to safe abortion care (SAC) is maintained when an infectious disease outbreak occurs. It is an operational guide which can serve to support health actors to maintain SAC services during outbreaks and ensure that necessary SAC considerations are integrated within outbreak responses.
Handbook: Scenario-Based Training on Multi-Hazard Situations and Complex Emergencies for Grassroot Level Public Health Workers and First Responders
Government of Sri Lanka and WFPThis handbook will enable trainers to enhance the knowledge and skills of grassroot level public health workers and first responders on preparedness and response for mutli-hazard scenarios and complex emergencies. The objective of this handbook is to develop and enhance the knowledge and skills of grass root level public health workers on preparedness, mitigation and response for multi-hazard scenarios and complex emergencies.
IWD - Building an Equitable World for Women and Girls
Pathfinder Online WebinarThis International Women’s Day, join Pathfinder as it celebrates all the women and girls Pathfinders serve and all its women partners who are the driving force behind healthy families, resilient communities, and strong health systems. The webinar will highlight the intersectional approaches to family planning taken by Pathfinder’s programs in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Jordan, and Egypt.
High Severity of Abortion Complications in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: a Cross-Sectional Study in Two Referral Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Médecins Sans FrontièresThis study aims to describe the magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in two referral hospitals supported by Médecins Sans Frontières and located in such settings in northern Nigeria and Central African Republic (CAR).