Emergency Sexual and Reproductive Health Response Services to Emergency Affected Populations in Selected Districts of  East and West Hararghe zones of Oromia, Zone 1,2 and 3  zones of Afar and Wag Hamra zone of Amhara region. In Ethiopia climate change and conflict are the main hazard profiles affecting millions of people in the country. Based on the 2020 Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan, 8.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and 7 million people are targeted for the humanitarian response. The Government of Ethiopia and the humanitarian community present the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), which seeks US$1.0 billion to reach 7 million people with emergency food and non-food assistance. On this document 3.2 million people are targeted for health and 2 million for protection with a budget requirement of $ 94.3 million and $42.4 million respectively.
 
According to IOM Round 21 Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report that was conducted from February 01 and March 10, 2020 indicated a total of 1.73 million IDPs. Conflict was reported as the primary driver of displacement, followed by displacement due to climate induced factors like drought and seasonal flooding. Based on this report, there are more than 25,122 IDPs in the selected project sites that requires lifesaving emergency sexual and reproductive health services.

In humanitarian situations particularly in internally displaced persons and returnees women and girls mostly lacks availability of sexual and reproductive health services and related life-threatening complications of pregnancy and childbirth attributable to malnutrition that must be addressed. The impact of COVID-19 on the health and social systems is massive. The pandemic COVID-19 will make women, girls and young people at heightened risks  services to provide sexual and reproductive health care risk being side-lined, which will lead to higher maternal mortality and morbidity. All women and girls in emergency affected areas must have access to a continuum of sexual and reproductive health services including, antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal and family planning services. With prolonged stress on the health system to address COVID-19, a disruption of the normal delivery of sexual and reproductive health services and information to young people will need to be addressed. In this project, UNFPA is planning to provide sexual and reproductive health and clinical management of rape survivor’s services through provision of emergency RH kits to the project sites health facilities health service providers. On-site orientation will also be provided to the health service providers on the proper use of emergency RH kits to provide SRH services for IDPs, returnees and surrounding host communities in selected 10 woredas in East and Westg Hararghe zones of Oromia region, Zone 1, 2 and 3 Zones of Afar Region and Wag Hamra zone of Amhara region. UNFPA is a pipe line manager of emergency RH kits for the emergency response, there might be a possibility of using the emergency RH kits to the health cluster prioritized zones and districts selected  for the EHF 2020 first round allocation based on the emerging needs and situations. 

Project Goal: To contribute to the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in selected IDP sites , returnees and surrounding host communities
Project Objective: To enhance availability of lifesaving reproductive health, maternal health and sexual violence services for IDPs and returnees and affected host communities.