SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP OF SOMALIA (SRHTWG)
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
In accordance with the IASC Guidelines for Health Cluster Coordination, the Health Cluster in Somalia has established the Sexual and Reproductive Health Technical Working Group (SRHTWG) to support the coordination of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) interventions during the crisis. This is also in alignment with the Somalia National Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Adolescent Health (RMNAH) Strategy that emphasizes coordination and collaboration for an efficient implementation of the Reproductive Health (RH) strategy. The SRHTWG is a forum for promoting collaboration between RH partners with the aim to coordinate the reproductive health sub-sector; strengthen advocacy and field actions for greater consideration of sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian programs and interventions; to better coordinate and harmonize them; to increase efficiency in the mobilization and use of resources as well as accountability to beneficiaries, donors and partners. It ensures that the analysis of RH needs is regularly carried out and will identify the strategies and means to fill the gaps. The SRHTWG is co-chaired by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The SRHTWG has several core functions which include the following:
- Coordination and collaboration.
- Coordinated evidence generation and dissemination.
- Application of norms standardization and quality assurance of action for RH.
- Planning and strategy development.
- Reproductive health commodities and supplies.
- Advocacy and Resource mobilization.
SRHTWG Meeting Minutes
- Maternal and Reproductive Health Data 2023
- Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response
- SWS RH TWG Annual Meeting
- Galmuudug Annual Reproductive Health Meeting
- Fistula Program in Somalia
- Annual Reproductive Health Meeting
- Minutes of the SRH Technical Working Group Meeting, Wednesday 4th Oct, 2023
- Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies (10/08/2023)
- Background information on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Technical Working Group of Somalia:
- Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health
- UNFPA Somalia: Midwifery Education & Practice (30/04/2023) [Presentation]
- Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits for Crisis Situations (5th edition 2011)
- SRH Working Group Meeting Minutes, Sunday 28th April 2023
- Annual National Meeting on Maternal and Reproductive Health (12th – 13th February 2024)
CONTACT
Name: Dr Abdulkadir Wehliye Afrah
Position: RMNCAH Advisor
Email: aabdulkadir100@gmail.com
Name: Dr Naima Abdulkadir Mohamed
Position: Maternal & Reproductive Health Manager
Email: rh@moh.gov.so
Name : Dr. Claudia M. Donkor
Position: SRHie Specialist
Email: donkor@unfpa.org
Name : Dr. Ahmed Aweis
Position: Maternal and Reproductive Health Specialist
Email: ahmedroble@unfpa.org