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Gloria Seruwagi reflects on the work of the Baobab Research Programme Consortium
No full textFor World Refugee Day, Gloria Seruwagi, Research Uptake Manager, reflects on the Population Council\u27s work on the Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC). From conducting the first-ever Humanitarian Violence against Children Survey to co-creating interventions with refugee communities, Baobab RPC demonstrates how to move research to action
Baobab Research Programme Consortium: Generating Evidence to Enhance SRHR in Refugee Settings
No full textThe Population Council leads the Baobab Research Programme Consortium in partnership with Population Council Kenya and the African Population and Health Research Center. Situated in the East and Horn of Africa, this Africa-based and African-led consortium focuses on filling critical evidence gaps and fostering evidence use.
For nearly a decade, the Council has worked in refugee settings to strengthen Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programming, providing research and technical support to UNHCR and its implementing partners through a technical cooperation agreement with the UNHCR Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region. Building on this long-standing collaboration, the Baobab consortium is bringing selected, rigorous SRHR surveys into refugee settings in Uganda and Ethiopia for the first time. These large-scale surveys on violence against children and adolescents, unsafe abortion, and unintended pregnancy draw upon existing robust, well-regarded, and well-known global tools
Baobab Research Programme Consortium Photography Exhibit
No full textVisual tour of the Baobab Research Programme Consortium’s work, the communities it serves, and the partnerships it has built. Baobab advances equitable access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in humanitarian settings, particularly for vulnerable children and youth. The project brings rigorous SRHR surveys into refugee settings for the first time and tests interventions in response to the survey findings
Preparing the ground to influence humanitarian sector policies, guidelines, and strategies in Uganda: Case Study Two
Full text linkThis case study describes the pathway by which the Baobab Research Programme Consortium\u27s efforts have created a platform that is primed for influencing humanitarian sector policies, guidelines, and strategies with evidence and evidence-based approaches
Contraceptive use, intention to use, and method preferences among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Evidence Brief
Full text linkThe Baobab Research Programme Consortium\u27s unintended pregnancy survey generated evidence of the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use and aims to identify innovative solutions in refugee settings in Ethiopia. This evidence brief presents findings on the current use of contraception, intention to use, and method preferences among women aged 15–45 years who participated in the unintended pregnancy baseline unintended pregnancy survey conducted in four refugee camps in Ethiopia in 2024 to 2025
Influencing programme plans, practices, actions, and investments in humanitarian settings: Case Study One
Full text linkThis case study describes the Baobab Research Programme Consortium\u27s pathway to influencing programme plans, practices, actions, and investments in refugee contexts in Uganda, and the efforts which culminated in the collaborative piloting of a Para-Social Worker-driven intervention in Kiryandongo Settlement by Baobab and Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, with support from the Department of Refugees
Reshaping the narrative around sexual and reproductive health and rights research in refugee settings: Case studies from Baobab
Full text linkThe Baobab Research Programme Consortium (Baobab) is an Africa-based, African-led consortium, spearheaded by the Population Council, Inc., in partnership with the Population Council–Kenya and the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC). The consortium is reshaping the narrative around sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) research in refugee settings. For the first time, Baobab is bringing rigorous, large-scale, globally-recognized SRHR surveys into these contexts, addressing longstanding barriers for refugee populations. These case studies highlight the successful impact that the programme has had on those living in humanitarian settings as well as the research field
Linking research to action to address unintended pregnancy in refugee settings in Ethiopia
Full text linkHumanitarian crises expose women and girls to the risk of unintended pregnancy due to disruptions in access to and provision of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Evidence available to support and shape improved family planning programming in refugee settings is sparse, and little is known about how to effectively deliver such programming to the most vulnerable, including women and girls. The Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC) is exploring how access to SRHR services can be expanded using existing, low-cost approaches, and how such approaches be communicated and scaled up in refugee settings. We propose harnessing existing food distribution and refugee verification platforms as a strategic avenue for reaching women with family planning information and counseling, coupled with strengthened referral procedures between these platforms and health facilities for actual family planning provision and uptake
Capacity of the health system to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Evidence Brief
Full text linkThe Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC), in collaboration with the Guttmacher Institute, implemented the application of the Abortion Incidence Complications Method (AICM) in refugee settings in Ethiopia. Little is known about the health system’s capacity to provide post-abortion care (PAC) or safe abortion care (SAC) services as these have been less studied, especially in the context of refugee settings. This brief assesses the availability of SAC and PAC for women living in humanitarian settings in Ethiopia
Availability of post-abortion care in refugee settlements in Uganda: Evidence Brief
Full text linkThe Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC), in collaboration with the Guttmacher Institute, implemented the first-ever application of the Abortion Incidence Complications Method (AICM) in refugee settings in Uganda. The data presented herein is derived from this study, and offers critical insights into the availability of post-abortion care in these displacement settings. These findings contribute to a growing body of evidence aimed at informing policy, programming, and resource allocation for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in refugee-hosting countries
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