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In conflict-affected contexts, with high levels of insecurity, population movement, disruptions in supply chains, and exacerbations of pre-existing shortages of human and financial resources, access and availability of health and social services become a challenge especially for women, children, and adolescents.
Those challenges have become more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic by further reducing access to essential services, driving up their risk of falling into poverty, reducing access to education and essential nutrition services, and driving up violence against women and mental health issues, among other issues. In light of the urgent need to address the impact of conflict on women, newborns, children, and adolescent’s health, the BRANCH (Bridging Research & Action in Conflict Settings for the Health of Women & Children) Consortium, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and the University of Ibidan are organizing this virtual regional workshop in the West African region, with a particular focus on Mali and Nigeria.
This multi-stakeholder virtual workshop will bring together policymakers, academia, non-governmental organizations, donor organizations, private sector, civil society, healthcare institutions among other stakeholders with the aim to join forces for a common vision for women, newborns, children, and adolescent’s health in conflict settings in the region.
The over-arching intent of the short multi-stakeholder virtual workshop is to disseminate findings of recent evidence from BRANCH on women, newborns, children, and adolescent’s health in conflict settings and build relationships among partners from various constituencies in the region to further an action-oriented research and evidence-based advocacy agenda to meet the needs of women, newborn, children and adolescent health and advance policy dialogue.