Drawing from the case studies developed for Mali and South Sudan, this brief aims to synthesize key findings, commonalities, and differences in each context as it pertains to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDpN) and applications to family planning, reproductive health and maternal, newborn, and child health (FP/RH/MNCH) interventions. These themes were drawn from the original HDN conceptual framework developed for MIHR by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health. Both Mali and South Sudan are deeply complex and fragile environments, with the caveat that such fragility is not uniform across each country.
This is a collection of eight original implementation research studies on the feasibility, acceptability and appropriate use of heat-stable carbetocin and tranexamic acid for postpartum hemorrhage prevention and treatment, respectively, including in humanitarian settings. This work captures a combined total of 126,882 women who delivered in 103 facilities, with insights from 679 healthcare providers, across nine low- and middle-income countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda).
The OpenWHO platform hosts open-access courses on mpox to support the response to the current emergency. The learning resources provide critical knowledge on the disease and have been developed to provide health care workers, public health professionals and other stakeholders with essential knowledge and tools to effectively manage and contain mpox
Maternity Foundation works closely with partners, including national governments and local and international associations, as well as with UN agencies and international NGOs. Together, partners integrate evidence-based services into project-specific and national education and training programs, pre-service curricula, in-service training, and with other digital solutions. This ensures sustainability and further enhances the scalability of its digital solutions and programs.
This brief provides practical recommendations to help government and aid providers mitigate the impact of language-related challenges in their communication with communities at risk of or experiencing an mpox outbreak.
Breakthrough ACTION conducted a landscape analysis of SBC for FP in fragile and humanitarian crisis settings. A mix of approaches was used to learn about global, regional, and country-level activities and led to findings and recommendations.
An IAWG Task Team has been formed to develop operational programmatic guidance for decision-making on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including maternal and newborn health services, in fragile and humanitarian settings experiencing or at risk of Mpox outbreaks. The guidance is available in both English and French and its intended target audience is SRH programme managers and healthcare providers in fragile and humanitarian settings.
The International Confederation of Midwives has released "Interlocked: Midwives and the Climate Crisis", a report highlighting midwives' role in addressing the health challenges posed by climate change and building climate-resilient health systems. The report reveals how midwives and community-based healthcare providers are already responding to climate disasters while grappling with increasing challenges like extreme heat, flooding, and displacement. Based on survey responses from midwives in 41 countries globally, the report reveals climate change's deep and far-reaching impacts on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health.
A new report by the Humanitarian Policy Group explores what's next for humanitarian action in the era of feminist foreign policy (FFP) taking a specific look at the impact of narratives on ambition and opposition, focusing on Canada and Germany. It highlights that humanitarians are struggling to understand feminist foreign policy beyond targeting the needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls, including those related to sexual and reproductive health, sometimes even despite claims to a more intersectional, relational and systemic approach.
The Accelerating Choice, Equity, and Sustainability for Services (ACCESS) project launched at the end of September 2024. Funded by USAID, this five-year initiative aims to expand equitable access to high-quality FP/RH services for underserved and marginalized populations through locally led, sustainable, gender-transformative, and youth-responsive solutions that address systemic barriers. ACCESS will work across a variety of contexts in low- and middle-income countries, including at the humanitarian-development nexus and in settings with weakened health systems to help improve access to high-quality, integrated, equitable, and respectful family planning and reproductive health.
Amidst the fall of the Assad regime in early December, IPPF reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to supporting its Member Association, the Syrian Family Planning Association (SFPA), in providing essential SRHR services for all. SRHR services must continue because the need for family planning, maternal healthcare, and gender-based violence support does not diminish, even in the midst of conflict.
This article explores practical considerations for participatory global health research, focusing on involving refugees in studying their own healthcare. Experiences are shared from a project on sexual and reproductive health with refugee women in Lesbos, where co-researchers were recruited, trained, and involved in all aspects of the study. The article provides 18 practical recommendations for researchers, emphasizing trust-building, co-creation, fair compensation, logistical support, relationship-building, and prioritizing mental health, underscoring the importance of inclusivity and respect in participatory research.