The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) is a set of priority activities to be implemented during the onset of an emergency (conflict or natural disaster). When implemented in the early days of an emergency, the MISP saves lives and prevents illness, especially among women and girls. Neglecting RH in emergencies has serious consequences: preventable maternal and infant deaths; sexual violence and subsequent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions; and the spread of HIV.

The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) is a set of priority activities to be implemented during the onset of an emergency (conflict or natural disaster). When implemented in the early days of an emergency, the MISP saves lives and prevents illness, especially among women and girls. Neglecting RH in emergencies has serious consequences: preventable maternal and infant deaths; sexual violence and subsequent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions; and the spread of HIV.

This document is a field resource for programming with and for refugee adolescents and youth. The field resource provides information on how to ensure that the reproductive health needs of young people in refugee settings are addressed.

General fact sheet on Reproductive Health in conflict and emergency settings.

In 1991, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) adopted Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women. In keeping with the 1990 UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women, the Guidelines called for “integrating the resources and needs of refugee women into all aspects of programming so as to assure equitable protection and assistance activities.”

Reproductive Health, conflict zones, war zones, disaster settings, emergency, Minimal Initial Service Package (MISP), sexual violence, HIV/AIDS

In a war zone, women and girls are targeted for rape. For these women and their children, who make up approximately 80 percent of all refugees, emergency contraception is often critical to their health and well-being.

There will always be pregnant women and girls among those violently uprooted from their homes in a war or natural disaster. This document provides information on why emergency medical care is crucial for pregnant women and girls in emergency situations.

Reproductive health care saves lives, especially in conflicts or natural disasters. Being young is tough but it should not be life-threatening. Young people are creative, energetic and resilient; listen to what they have to say and help them help themselves.

The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) is a set of priority activities to be implemented during the onset of an emergency (conflict or natural disaster). When implemented in the early days of an emergency, the MISP saves lives and prevents illness, especially among women and girls. Neglecting RH in emergencies has serious consequences: preventable maternal and infant deaths; sexual violence and subsequent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions; and the spread of HIV.

In 1991, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) adopted Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women. In keeping with the 1990 UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women, the Guidelines called for “integrating the resources and needs of refugee women into all aspects of programming so as to assure equitable protection and assistance activities.”

This document is a field resource for programming with and for refugee adolescents and youth. The field resource provides information on how to ensure that the reproductive health needs of young people in refugee settings are addressed.

The Women’s Refugee Commission has a long history of research and advocacy leading to real improvements in the provision of reproductive health services in refugee, internally displaced and returnee settings. In 1994, we released a groundbreaking study, Refugee Women and Reproductive Health Care: Reassessing Priorities, documenting in a variety of displaced settings the absence of the most basic reproductive health services, the enormous need and the strong demand from displaced women themselves for these services. Since then, we have been promoting quality, comprehensive reproductive health care for women, men and young people affected by conflict and natural disasters in the areas of maternal newborn health, family planning, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, and gender-based violence.

The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) is a set of priority activities to be implemented during the onset of an emergency (conflict or natural disaster). When implemented in the early days of an emergency, the MISP saves lives and prevents illness, especially among women and girls. Neglecting RH in emergencies has serious consequences: preventable maternal and infant deaths; sexual violence and subsequent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions; and the spread of HIV.

This document is a field guide for integrating emergency obstetric care services into humanitarian programs during the early stages of an emergency situation.

The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health (RH) is a set of priority activities to be implemented during the onset of an emergency (conflict or natural disaster). When implemented in the early days of an emergency, the MISP saves lives and prevents illness, especially among women and girls. Neglecting RH in emergencies has serious consequences: preventable maternal and infant deaths; sexual violence and subsequent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions; and the spread of HIV.

This document is a general fact sheet on Reproductive Health in conflict and emergency settings.

In a war zone, women and girls are targeted for rape. For these women and their children, who make up approximately 80 percent of all refugees, emergency contraception is often critical to their health and well-being.