Inter-Agency Field Manual

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About the Field Manual

The 2018 Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings (IAFM) is the result of a collaborative and consultative process engaging hundreds of representatives from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations that make up the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises (IAWG). Based on guidelines issued by normative bodies, particularly those of the World Health Organization, the 2018 IAFMInter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings incorporates specific evidence from, or examples about, the application and adaptation of global SRHSexual and reproductive health or human rights standards in humanitarian settings. The 2018 IAFMInter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings reflects the wide application of the manual’s principles and technical content beyond refugee situations, extending its use into diverse crises, including conflict zones and natural disasters. The IAFMInter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings continues to be the authoritative source for SRHSexual and reproductive health in crises.

How to Use the Field Manual

The Field Manual was designed primarily for SRHSexual and reproductive health coordinators and health program managers in humanitarian settings and intended to support the design and implementation of programs, coordination with partners, proposal development, and personnel management from the acute emergency response throughout response and recovery.

It provides guidance on what must be done to address sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings, while abiding by fundamental principles of care. The Field Manual links to additional resources, including comprehensive technical and clinical guidance that elaborate on how to implement this recommended programming.

Users should read chapters one – three (introduction, fundamental principles, and MISP), before referencing specific technical chapters.

About IAWG

The Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises is an international coalition of organizations and individuals working together to collectively advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings.

IAWGInter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises was formed in 1995 and since then and has grown to a network of over 2,500 individual members. IAWGInter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises is led by a 21 member-agency Steering Committee—representing UNUnited Nations, government, non-governmental, and research organizations.

Together we:

  • Provide leadership on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in humanitarian settings
  • Issue evidence-based technical guidance, standards, and tools
  • Document and generate new evidence
  • Advocate for the inclusion of SRHRSexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian policies, programming and funding and for the inclusion of humanitarian populations in development agendas.

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