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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Bearing the brunt: The impact of COVID-19 on older people in low- and middle-income countries – insights from 2020

HelpAge (2021) C1

The report shows that older people are not getting the healthcare treatments they desperately need. The COVID-19 response has disrupted services for non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes, communicable diseases such as malaria, and much-needed services for mental health. Combined with... more

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Assessment of HIV testing services and antiretroviral therapy service disruptions in the context of COVID-19: lessons learned and way forward in sub-Saharan Africa

Maman, D.; et al., World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in an evolving epidemiological context where some countries are experiencing a progressive decrease in HIV positivity in their testing programme as they are moving closer to the first 95 target. Distinguishing changes in HIV testing services due to the COVID-19 pandemic... more

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Manual for male circumcision under local anaesthesia and HIV prevention services for adolescent boys and men
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World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

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Legal environment Assessment for HIV in Ukraine

USAID (U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) (2017) C2

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Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2015) C_UNICEF

Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change.

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National Guidelines for Implementation of HIV Prevention Programmes for Female Sex Workers in Nigeria

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Government of Nigeria (2014) C1

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Addressing the Global HIV Epidemic Among Pregnant Women, Mothers, Children and Adolescents

Children & AIDS; Unicef (2019)

UNICEF’s Global HIV Response 2018 – 2021 Accessed: 02.11.2019

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ALGORITHMS FOR HIV CARE AND TREATMENT IN ETHIOPIA, HIVCore Final Report

Kalibala Samuel, Nrupa Jani and Getachew Kassa United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2016) C1

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Rapid assessment of Ebola impact on reproductive health services and service seeking behaviour in Sierra Leone

Government of Sierra Leone, Department for International Development, UN Population Fund, Irish Aid (2015)

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National Guidelines for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)

Federal Ministry of Health, Dept. of Public Health, National HIVSTI (2010) C1

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National Guidelines for Quality Improvement of HIV and AIDS Services

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2010) C1

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Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee UNAIDS (2010)

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India: Training Modules for Medical Officers on HIV Care and Treatment (Including ART) - Participant's Guide

National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2007) C1

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Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research

das Neves Martins Pires P.H. , Macaringue C. , Abdirazak A. et al. BMC Health Services (2021) CC

The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the end of March 2020. This has limited people's movements and reduced public services, leading ...to a decrease in the number of people accessing health care facilities. An implementation research project, The Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital, has been promoting access to maternal and child health care, in Natikiri, Nampula, for the last four years. Nampula has the second highest incidence of Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions on access to maternal and child healthcare services. We compared health centres in Nampula city with healthcare centres in our research catchment area. We wanted to see if our previous research interventions have led to a more resilient response from the community. METHODS: Mixed-methods research, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, using a review of patient visit documentation. We compared maternal and child health care unit statistical indicators from March-May 2019 to the same time-period in 2020. We tested for significant changes in access to maternal and child health services, using KrushKall Wallis, One-way Anova and mean and standard deviation tests. We compared interviews with health professionals, traditional birth attendants and patients in the two areas. We gathered data from a comparable city health centre and the main city referral hospital. The Marrere health centre and Marrere General Hospital were the two Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital intervention sites. RESULTS: Comparing 2019 quantitative maternal health services access indicators with those from 2020, showed decreases in most important indicators: family planning visits and elective C-sections dropped 28%; first antenatal visit occurring in the first trimester dropped 26%; hospital deliveries dropped a statistically significant 4% (p = 0.046), while home deliveries rose 74%; children vaccinated down 20%. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated the negative collateral effects of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions, on access to maternal and child healthcare services, and highlighted the need to improve the health information system in Mozambique. more

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Evaluation on the Unicef valuation of the UNICEF PMTCT / paediatric HIV care and Treatment programme

Unicef (2017)

Evaluation Report Evaluation Office

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Responding to HIV and AIDS. A Practioner's Guide to Mainstreaming in Development Projects

Iris Onipede, Ellen Schmitt Misereor (2011)

Revised Edition

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Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Men Who Have Sex with Men

J. Bear; G. Ayala; J. Butler; et al. United Nations Population Fund; World Health Organization; USAID; UNAIDS; et al. (2015) C2

Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions

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Rights-based monitoring and evaluation of national HIV responses

UNAIDS (2019) C_WHO

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Ensuring quality health care by reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Providing quality, stigma-free services is essential to equitable health care for all and achieving global HIV goals and broader Sustainable Development Goals related to health. Every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Countries have a legal obliga... more

Manual for male circumcision under local anaesthesia and HIV prevention services for adolescent boys and men recommended

Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC) recommended

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Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
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