Table 1 Categorization of reproductive health activities per the IAFM [18]

Maternal newborn health

• Emergency obstetric and newborn care services, including post-abortion and safe abortion care.

• 24/7 referral system for obstetric and newborn emergencies.

• Clean delivery packages to visibly pregnant women and birth attendants.

• Informing communities about services.

• Antenatal care (ANC).

• Post-natal care.

• Breastfeeding promotion.

• Training skilled attendants (midwives, nurses, doctors) in performing EmOC and newborn care.

• Nutrition outside of ANC.

Family planning

• Contraceptives to meet demand, such as condoms, pills, injectables, and intrauterine devices.

• Comprehensive family planning programming, including provision of long-term and permanent methods.

• Community education.

• Contraceptive supply chain management.

• Staff training for family planning.

N/A

STIs/HIV

• Safe and rational blood transfusion practice.

• Adherence to standard precautions.

• Free condoms.

• Syndromic treatment for STIs.

• Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for patients already taking ARVs.

• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission.

• Comprehensive STI prevention and treatment.

• STI surveillance systems.

• Comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment.

• Staff training for HIV/AIDS.

N/A

GBV

• Sexual violence coordination within health sector/cluster mechanisms.

• Physical protection and strategies for safe access to health facilities, including lighting and locks on latrines; prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse; codes of conduct; standard operating procedures.

• Clinical care for survivors of sexual violence, including emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis, etc. Forensic evidence is also included if applicable.

• Other response services including psychosocial and mental health services.

• Referrals to sexual violence services.

• Informing communities about services.

• Prevention of domestic violence, forced early marriage, female genital cutting/mutilation.

• Engaging men and boys, primarily to enhance access to RH for women and girls.

• Staff training for clinical GBV.

• Multi-sectoral GBV coordination.

• Legal justice

• Protection

• Child protection

• Livelihoods

• Security

• Education

• Empowerment

• Gender

• Trafficking

• Unspecified “protection” activities

• GBV Information Management System

General reproductive health

• RH coordination, including identifying an RH officer; holding coordination meetings; reporting back to the health cluster/sector.

• Procurement of RH kits and supplies.

• Planning for comprehensive RH, including collecting MISP and background data; identifying sites for future delivery of comprehensive RH; assessing staff capacity and planning trainings; and procuring RH supplies.

• Disaster risk reduction.

• Menstrual hygiene; dignity kits.

• General staff trainings for unspecified topics.

• Routine RH procurement for unspecified topics.

• Routine data collection beyond MISP indicators.

• Cervical cancer screening and treatment.

• Fistula repair.

• Treatment of female genital mutilation/cutting complications.

• Other gynecological services.

• Unspecified RH activities.

N/A