Access 2 RH Supplies

A workshop entitled ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health in Distress’ was held in Stockholm on October 21st by two Countdown2015 member organisations, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) and Marie Stopes International (MSI), to create an opportunity to network and discuss the needs of  SRHR and Access to RH supplies in humanitarian situations.

The workshop provided the 65 participants, including representatives from European Ministires of foreign Affairs, the European Comission, Sida, UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, MSI, IRC, MSF as well as NGOs, with knowledge on SRHR in emergencies and on how to include comprehensive SRH care and RH Supplies in humanitarian interventions.

The participants agreed on a joint statement on the need for SRHR in emergencies and concrete action.

Furthermore,  during the workshop, WHO and UNFPA launched the Granada Consensus on SRHR on protracted crisis and recovery, which is a breakthrough in UNFPA’s and WHO’s collaberationon SRHR in protracted crisis settings.