The EQUAL research consortium is working to generate evidence on effective approaches to deliver life-saving MNH care in countries affected by conflict including in the DRC, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan.
Building Foundation for Development (BFD) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization that has been working in many wide domains in a parallel and innovative manner; the first one is carrying out multi-sectoral emergency response projects aimed to improve the humanitarian issues and needs in different sectors.
BFD Yemen seeks to address some of the fundamental maternal and child health concerns by running emergency obstetric and newborn care through its Reproductive Health Program.
Ipas is excited to introduce a new curriculum, Exploring Our Power, that builds understanding and facilitates dialogue about gender and power inequities and sexual and reproductive health barriers in humanitarian settings!
Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Our 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).
This evidence brief summarizes key findings from its qualitative component, which aims to describe the access to care and treatment of women and girls hospitalized in Castors Maternity Hospital in Bangui for potentially life-threatening and near-miss abortion complications such as severe haemorrhage, severe sepsis, and uterine and intra-abdominal perforation.