COVID-19: SPRINT Response

With support from the Australian Government, IPPF’s SPRINT Initiative is responding in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea* and Indonesia* following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

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Overview

First detected in China’s Hubei Province in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has since spread to 210 countries or regions, and health actors had confirmed more than 9,240,398 global cases (as at 24 June 2020). On 30 January 2020, WHO announced that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and on 11 March WHO described the COVID-19 situation as a pandemic. Numbers are expected to continue rising exponentially in the coming days, weeks, and months.

Lock downs, restricted movement, lack of access to services, communication gaps and social distancing measures enacted around the world has caused an increase in cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), a lack of access to contraceptives and other sexual and reproductive (SRH) services such as treatment for STIs and maternal and newborn care.

The Australian Government, through the SPRINT Initiative, was quick to provide support to priority countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, through the provision of personal protective equipment to enable IPPF’s Member Associations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia to continue to provide vital SRH services.

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