Document Type
Guide/Toolkit
Publication Date
1-29-2026
Abstract
This guide offers practical, experience-based direction for strengthening the uptake of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) evidence in refugee and humanitarian settings. Drawing on five years of Baobab’s work in Uganda and Ethiopia, it outlines principles for effective research uptake, including embedded partnerships, rigorous locally owned methods, stakeholder engagement, capacity development, adaptive communication, and continuous learning. The guide illustrates how these approaches enabled pioneering evidence generation—such as the first Humanitarian Violence Against Children Survey (VACS)—and informed service innovations, national policy reforms, and cross-country learning. It provides a replicable framework for translating SRHR research into action and system level change in crisis contexts.
Recommended Citation
Baobab Research Programme Consortium. 2026. "Strengthening the use of sexual and reproductive health and rights evidence in refugee and humanitarian settings." Nairobi: Population Council, Inc.; Population Council, Kenya; and African Population and Health Research Center.
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
DOI
10.31899/sbsr2026.1000
Language
English
Project
Baobab: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Refugee Settings