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Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) Process Evaluation Tools (Revised 2022)

6/1/2022

The Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations (MISP) is a set of priority lifesaving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and activities to be implemented at the onset of every humanitarian… More

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings: 2020 Edition

Updated 7/19/2021

The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Toolkit provides strategies and tools to help close the SRH service provision gap for adolescents by building upon the advocacy endeavors and lessons learned from the past decade to advance SRH… More

SRH Clinical Outreach Refresher Trainings for Crisis Settings (S-CORTs)

Updated 9/1/2021

The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Clinical Outreach Refresher Trainings (S-CORTs) are a series of training materials specifically designed for SRH service providers working in crisis-affected contexts. Each training covers a select set of… More

Ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health supplies

10/13/2020

To ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health supplies, sexual and reproductive health supply chains must be able to withstand, adapt to, and recover from shocks, including humanitarian crises. The Inter-Agency Working Group and the… More

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Announcement of 2022/2023 Young Person Co-Chairs!

IAWG ASRH Sub-Working Group

The IAWG ASRHR Sub-Working Group is pleased to announce our 2022/2023 young person co-chairs. After receiving more than 300 applications, the sub-working group’s selection committee, comprised of majority young people, finished its reviews and interviews to select four outstanding young people to serve the ASRHR Sub-Working Group over the next year. Descriptions of each of the young people selected are included below. Alex Mavuti and Liz Lum will serve together from July 2022 until January 2023, while Elezer Berhanu and Shukti Anantha will serve from January 2023 until July 2023. Thank you to everyone who applied and congratulations again to the four finalists.

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Updated 3/22/2023 Learn More

Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) in Crisis Settings, Select Signal Functions

IAWG Training Partner Initiative

These materials are designed for use by clinical trainers conducting brief face-to-face refresher training workshops on the key components of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care. The target audience for this training is health care providers working in crisis settings who are currently attending or will attend births and who meet the participant prerequisites.

Illustration of a person wearing a headwrap and holding a newborn.

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Why It Matters

35 million of the 134 million people in need of humanitarian assistance are women and girls of reproductive age.