Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Inter-agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises
Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 November 2011
Photo Credit: Wilma Doedens, UNFPA
Meeting Presentations and Report
Click here to view the meeting agenda for reference.
Click here for the meeting report, and here for the latest revised Terms of Reference.
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The meeting's objectives were to:
- Review progress towards achieving the programmatic goals and future steps outlined in the Terms of Reference following the 2010 IAWG meeting held in Santo Domingo (click here for the 2010 meeting report).
- Share information, plan next steps and determine areas of coordination and collaboration for 2012-2013.
- Establish a regional IAWG forum for the Eastern European/Central Asia region to share information and lessons learned across projects and enable synergistic partnerships.
Presentations which appear below as links can be downloaded by clicking on their title.
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Opening Session
Thea Fierens, UNFPA
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Keynote Speaker
Zahidul Huque, UNFPA
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Session 1: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Now?
History of IAWG
Wilma Doedens, UNFPA
Introduction, Purpose of the Meeting, Terms of Reference & How IAWG Works
Sandra Krause, Women's Refugee Commission
Updates from the Regional Networks
Asia-Pacific, Keya Saha-Chaudhury, SPRINT Initiative, IPPF
East and West Africa,
James Wanyama, UNFPA
Middle East and North Africa, Julie Taft, IMC
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Session 2: Global Updates
The World of 7 Billion: What Does it Mean for Emergencies?
Henia Dakkak, UNFPA
Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5: What Progress has Been Made?
Lisa Thomas, WHO
Update on the Inter-agency Field Manual Field Review Process
Basia Tomczyk, CDC
Update on Inter-agency Reproductive Health Kits
Wilma Doedens, UNFPA
Update on the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health and Mama Campaign
Sandra Krause, Women’s Refugee Commission
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Session 3: Global to Local: Capacity-Building in Crises
SPRINT Initiative: Developing National Capacity for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergency Response
Nguyen-Toan Tran, IPPF
MISP Rollout in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) Region
Eziz Hellenov, UNFPA
UNFPA Response to the Crisis in Georgia
Natalia Zakareshvili, UNFPA
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Session 4: Family Planning in Crises
Using Family Planning as a First Line Tool in Reducing Maternal Deaths
Dhammika Perera, IRC
Emergency Contraception in Humanitarian Settings
Angel Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health/University of Ottawa
Family Planning and Post-Abortion Care in DRC, Chad and Pakistan
Ashley Wolfington, IRC
Results from a Multi-Country Family Planning Baseline Study
Nadine Cornier, UNHCR |
Photo Credit: Carina Hickling
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Session 5: Concurrent Panels on Research and Innovation |
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Concurrent Session A: Research and Innovation
Reproductive Health Research Priorities
Basia Tomczyk, CDC
Assessing Reproductive Health Needs on the Thai-Burma Border
Angel Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health and University of Ottawa
Community-based Medical Care for Survivors of Sexual Violence: Building the Evidence
Mihoko Tanabe, Women’s Refugee Commission |
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Concurrent Session B: Research and Innovation
Overview of Misoprostol Use and Indication
Lisa Thomas, WHO
Postpartum Hemorrhage Prevention Through Community Health Workers to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Rural Afghanistan
Mohammad Masood Arzoiy, Jhpiego
Afghanistan Utilizing the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) in Refugee Camps and Surrounding Host Communities in Tanzania
Ernest Athumani, Tanzania Red Cross Society
Abdelhadi Eltahir, Pathfinder
Maternal Death Reviews in Refugee Settings
Ouahiba Sakani, UNHCR |
Session 6: Concurrent Panels on Lessons Learned from the Field |
Concurrent Session C: Approaches to Reproductive Health: Lessons Learned from the Field
A Case Study on Community Health Workers for Reproductive Health in a Post -Conflict Hard to Reach Area in Bangladesh
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease
Lessons Learned on Capacity-Building of Health Providers in Kabul, Afghanistan
Julie Taft, IMC
Role of Grassroots Civil Society in Implementing the MISP in the Pakistan Floods
Sarfarz Hussain Kazmi, Rahnuma, Family Planning Association Pakistan/IPPF Pakistan
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Concurrent Session D: Approaches to Reproductive Health: Lessons Learned from the Field
Access to Reproductive Health Services for Sex Workers: Collaboration between Protection and Health Sectors
Nadine Cornier, UNHCR
Innovative Participatory Health Education (IPHE): An Approach to Advocate for and Promote the Health of Hard-to-reach Conflict-affected Women in Renk, South Sudan
Khalifa Elmusharaf, University of Medical Sciences and Technology
Responding to the Reproductive Health Needs of Underserved Women in Yemen: A Country in Crisis
Deepmala Mahla, MSI
From Emergency to Recovery: Implementing & Building on the MISP for IDPs in Côte D’Ivoire
Florent Kéi, AIBEF-IPPF Côte d’Ivoire
Martin Migombano, SPRINT Initiative, IPPF Africa
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Session 7: Disaster Risk Reduction and Contingency Planning
Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health into Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Systems (HEDRM): Building Resilient Communities and Reproductive Health Systems
Jennifer Schlecht, Women’s Refugee Commission
Reproductive Health in National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies: Case Studies from Asia
Lauren Heller Szafran, SPRINT Initiative, IPPF
Reproductive Health and Psychological Trauma in the Context of Natural Disasters
Jasim Anwar, University of Sydney
Contingency Planning for South Sudan
Sophie Pecourt
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Session 8: Newborn Health
Newborn Health in Emergencies: Programmatic Approaches and Examples from the Field
Maria Tsolka, Save the Children
Newborn Health in Emergencies: UNICEF's Approaches and Examples from the Field
Anne Golaz, UNICEF
Cholera and Pregnancy in Haiti
Catrin Schulte-Hillen, MSF
Neonatal Health in Humanitarian Emergencies: A Survey of Providers
Basia Tomczyk, CDC
Neonatal Health: Identifying Priority Questions and Gaps
Diane Morof, CDC
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Photo Credit: Carina Hickling
