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This website is intended to serve as a repository of relevant resources on HIV in humanitarian settings for actors working at country, regional and global levels. While we will try to make as many tools, guidance, advocacy materials and other resources available, it should be noted that the website does not aim to provide an exhaustive list of all existing resources.

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01 June 2021 | Source: UNFPA, UNHCR

Operational guidance - Responding to the health and protection needs of people selling or exchanging sex in humanitarian settings

People who sell or exchange sex in humanitarian situations have particular health and protection needs that are often not well addressed. This document provides operational guidance on how best to meet these needs, and ensure that people who sell/exchange sex have support, and access to quality, non-discriminatory health and protection services. The guidance provides practical advice for reducing risks and ensuring safety for people engaging in sale and exchange of sex in this context.

01 November 2020 | Source: Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises

Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH in Crisis Situations

This document is a summary 2-pager describing the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in crisis situations = crucial, lifesaving activities required to respond to the SRH needs of affected populations at the onset of a humanitarian crisis. It is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

01 June 2020 | Source: Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV in emergencies

Integrating HIV In the Cluster Response – Guidance briefs

The Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on HIV in Emergencies developed a series of guidance notes to provide HIV related programmatic advice to several of the clusters as they implement their critical coordination and support role in countries. The notes provide key HIV-related actions to be undertaken during various phases of an emergency with particular emphasis in the immediate aftermath. The Guidance further clarifies the needs of the most vulnerable groups and the importance of ensuring their safety and protection in emergency settings.

01 May 2020 | Source: IATT HIV-E

COVID-19 and HIV in Humanitarian Situations

Guidance developed by the Inter-agency Task Team on HIV in Emergencies that provides considerations for Preparedness and Response in relation to COVID-19 and HIV in humanitarian situations as well as a list of HIV-E guidance relevant in the COVID-19 context.

01 January 2020 | Source: WHO, UNFPA & UNHCR

Clinical management of rape and intimate partner violence survivors: developing protocols for use in humanitarian settings

This guide is intended for use by qualified health-care providers (medical doctors, clinical officers, midwives and nurses) who are working in humanitarian emergencies or other similar settings, and who wish to develop specific protocols for the medical care of survivors of sexual violence and Intimate Partner Violence. It contains a specific annex on Protocols for post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection.