Reproductive Health Technologies
in Crisis Settings
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DAY 1
Welcome and introductions
Speakers:
Jane Hutchings (PATH)
Lorelei Goodyear (PATH)
Sandra Krause (Women’s Refugee Commission) – MISP for Reproductive Health 
Harshad Sanghvi (JHPIEGO) – Reproductive Health Technologies for Crisis Settings
Session 1: Reproductive health service delivery challenges and gaps in crisis settings
Moderators:
Jessica Fleming (PATH) and Lorelei Goodyear (PATH).
Output:
List of RH needs and service delivery challenges in crisis settings.
Session 2: Criteria for setting priorities
Moderator:
Susan Purdin (IRC)
Output:
(a) Identify criteria by which the Working Group will prioritize solutions for RH service delivery gaps
(b) Define what makes a technology appropriate for crisis settings
(c) Identify ways of soliciting field input to Working Group deliberations.
Session 3: Examples of new or underutilized RH technologies
Moderator:
Paul LaBarre (PATH)
Speakers:
Tom Lee (UCLA) – MaternalHealth Interventions among IDPs in Eastern Burma: Blood Transfusions
Wilma Doedens (UNFPA) – Vacuum Extraction: Kiwi Omnicup
Steve Brooke (PATH) – Ocytocin in Uniject with TTMs
Jennifer Blum (Gynuity) – Misoprostol: A Life-Saving Technology
Output:
(a) List underutilized current technologies;
(b) List possible new additions to include in RH kits;
(c) Plot new additions on the introduction continuum.
Session 4: Encouraging product use and considering product research ethics in crisis settings
Moderator:
Sandra Krause (Women’s Commission)
Facilitators:
Jim Litch (PATH) and Matt Steele (PATH)
Output:
(a) List constraints to introduction and use,
(b) List solutions to getting them introduced or more widely utilized,
(c) Identify potential ethical and pragmatic issues related to product development and pilot testing with vulnerable populations.
DAY TWO
Recap of Day One
Moderator:
Jessica Fleming (PATH)
Session 5: Making new products available through standard kits
Moderator:
Wilma Doedens (UNFPA)
Speakers:
Suellen Miller (UCSF) – Non-pneumatic Anti-shock Garment (NASG) for Relief Settings
Helene Möller (WHO) – Inter-agency Emergency Health Kits (IAEHK)
Wilma Doedens (UNFPA) – IAWG Reproductive Health Kits
Atieno Ojoo (UNICEF) – Procurement and Supply Management of Kits
Output:
(a) Identify processes for introducing new RH technologies into Interagency RH Health Kit or Interagency Emergency Health Kit,
(b) List potential challenges related to adding RH technologies,
(c) Determine how to effectively work with WHO to advocate for new RH technologies to be included on essential medicines and devices list.
Session 6: Tour of PATH’s lab and shop
Moderators: Matt Steele, Glenn Austin, and Bill Van Lew (PATH)
Session 7: New technologies to be developed or adapted
Moderator: Glenn Austin (PATH)
Small group facilitators: Jim Litch, Patricia Coffey, Jessica Fleming, Matt Steele, Paul LaBarre
Output: List new technologies to be developed or adapted for use in crisis settings.
Session 8: Next steps
Moderator:
Susan Purdin (IRC)
Output:
(a) Identify a list of priority technologies the Working Group wants introduced, adapted, or developed for use in crisis settings,
(b) Draft plan of action for Working Group on RH Technologies in Crisis Settings with priorities set for near-term action.
Wrap-up
Moderator: Lorelei Goodyear (PATH)
