UNFPA plays a critical role in providing life-saving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) kits on behalf of the international community. UNFPA procures and manages Inter-Agency Reproductive Health kits including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other non-medical supplies that are needed for SRH in humanitarian crises. The largest kit is the comprehensive emergency obstetric care kit that supports the establishment of a surgical maternity ward capable of providing Caesarean sections to save the lives of women and newborns. The smallest kit is the clean delivery kit that is provided to pregnant women, especially displaced women and refugees, to support safe birth. Contraceptive kits contain condoms, intrauterine devices and other contraceptives. As part of integrated SRH and GBV services, UNFPA provides post-rape treatment kits to health centres, hospitals and trained providers. UNFPA also procures and deploys key supplies and infrastructure to remove barriers to access services and improve quality of care, including mobile maternity clinics, and supplies to increase serviceseeking behaviour and mitigate risks for GBV. To increase operational efficiency, UNFPA addresses gaps in the availability of life-saving supplies through targeted work on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. Through global and regional prepositioning and supply preparedness, timely distribution of life-saving supplies to the last mile in sudden- onset emergencies, and sustainable supply chain strengthening initiatives in protracted crises, UNFPA works to ensure that the right product, reaches the right place, at the right time, at the right quality, in the right quantity and for the right cost.
