Annual Reports 2005

The SPRINT II Initiative

Dr Martin MIGOMBONOActing Director

The SPRINT Initiative is an Australian Government, AusAID initiative coordinated by IPPF

From choice, a world of possibilitiesOnce upon the time AcehPoor health infrastructure and massive urban destruction on a background of complex disaster

Goma, Congo

Still this Cycle of reproductive ill-health

WHO. Reproductive health during conflict and displacement: a guide for programme managers. Geneva. 2000Than came Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Programme in Crisis and Post-Crisis SituationsPhase I: First started in 2007 as a pilot project in the Asia Pacific and than moved to Africa in 2009Phase II: Now extends to South AsiaFocus countries: DRC, CAR, Cote dIvoire, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri lanka, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myamar, Salom Island, Philippines, Timor lest, Papua New guineaGlobal Secretariat based in IPPF Kuala lumpar OfficePrincipal donor: AusAID

7SPRINT is a freely associated acronym that stands for anUpcoming Pilot project to improve the knowledge and skills related to the MISP at the ground level

What is ESEAP?Why the SPRINT II Initiative?

% of women with an unmet need for FP among aged 15-49 who are married or in a union-2011

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/contraceptive2011Countries in ongoing disaster or crisis

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/contraceptive 2011Part of a major inter-agency effort to protect women from violence in emergency situations, address emergency preparedness, as well as ensure minimal and more comprehensive responses to integrating sexual and gender-based violence prevention and responses into all humanitarian work However there is still a lot to do

Why the SPRINT II Initiative?(VULNERABILITY HAZARD)

MITIGATION

RISK

How it works GOAL: To increase timely access for crisis affected populations to life-saving sexual and reproductive health services as outlined in the MISPDRR - Enabling EnvironmentObjective: The policy and funding environment is increasingly supportive of SRH in crisis settingsPreparedness-Capacity DevelopmentObjective: Increased national capacity to coordinate the implementation of the MISP in humanitarian settingsEmergency ResponseObjective: Country Coordination Team able to respond effectively in a timely manner during a crisis SPRINT Management and OrganisationObjective: To deliver a well managed program, underpinned by robust internal systems, monitoring and evaluation and lessons learnedincreases regional capacity to coordinate and implement the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health supports advocacy to governments and organisations to integrate sexual and reproductive health into their emergency response plans. How the SPRINT II Initiative operates

142006 UNFPA & IAWG strategy paper

Short history of the SPRINT: I often asked myself: Why on earth is IPPF here, with its limited experience when compared to other pioneers of IAWG, to share with you this upcoming project? Maybe because in order to get the SPRINT running, it needed some ingredients such aspassion, courage and a sense of urgency.1. Passionate about a real cause, a real gap that needs to be filled. Even if it gets you to the edge and out of your comfort zone.2. Courage to go and knock on the door of a major donor agency3. Sense of urgency: quick action can save lives.

Armed with these attributes, we went last October 2006, to attend 9th annual IAWG meeting which was held for the first time in AP region in Sydney Australia. IAWG provided a huge momentum on which the SPRINT was going to ride.

As you may know, IPPF work along the strategy of the 5 As: Advocacy, Aids, Ado, Safe Abortion and Access to care for the most underserved of the underserved, such as populations living in crisis settings which may have the worse RH outcomes.While some member association had activities in RH in crisis (Indonesia Post Tsunami, Thai Myanmar Border, Liberia, Guinea Conakry), It was time for us to go beyond the rhetoric, at least for us at our regional level, and put forward a plan of action for RH in crisis situation.(And for this, we have the full blessing of our headquarter in London, isnt it Gill? And we count on you to get the global and regional Governing Council to fully support it)

Shortly after the meeting in Sydney, we wrote a strategy paper for IPPF and RH in crisis situation, which was translated into an ambitious regional proposal.AusAID quickly recognized the need to fund it and thanks to help of ARHA and UNWS within few months funding was secured: 3m A$ for a 37 months programme

So let me share with you some key elements of the SPRINT

The SPRINT Initiative

15Progress so far

Progress so far with SPRINT Natural disasters: SPRINT II trainees worked to coordinate the implementation of SRH services in a number of major disasters: Bangladesh (Cyclone Alia), China (Sichuan earthquake), India (Cyclone Alia), Indonesia (West Sumatra earthquake), Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis), Pakistan (2010 floods), Philippines (Typhoon Ondoy, Ketsana and Bopha), and Vietnam (Typhoon Ondoy)Conflict-affected areas: Supported SRH service provision in Southern Thailand, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Cote divoire, Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, CAR, DR CongoIntegrating SRH into national health emergency management systems: China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines, PakistanWhats innovative about SPRINT?Interagency collaborative approachCountry led & ownedDevelopment & humanitarian actorsHolistic: mitigation, preparedness, response & recovery Systems-wide: health systems building blocksBridging the gap between immediate relief and development

Do not wait for an emergency to address the MISP

Who to contact from your respective region Interim arrangement Globally : Martin MIGOMBANO at mmigombano@ippfaro.orgSARO region: Maria Margarida at mmguerra@ippfsar.orgESEAOR: Alanna Galati at agalati@ippfeseaor.orgAfrica : Martin MIGOMBANO at mmigombano@ippfaro.org

THANK YOU

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