Summary: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale on November 21, 2022, in Cianjur District, West Java Province, Indonesia, with a depth of 1 km from the surface caused by the Cugenang Fault. Approximately 114.683 people are affected and are IDPs. Of 47 primary health centers in Cianjur, 13 health centers experienced significant damage. The reproductive health subcluster is one of the health cluster subclusters that is greatly needed to ensure the needs of vulnerable populations are met. This field report was written using an observational descriptive approach, where the authors were part of a joint team sent by Universitas Gadjah Mada. The management team assisted in managing the health cluster coordination post and deployed a type-1 mobile emergency medical team (EMT type-1 mobile) to support the affected population. This was accomplished by partnering with village midwives to provide basic health services to IDPs. Approximately 535 nEMTs were registered in HEOC to assist in Cianjur. The nEMT was directed to assist village midwives in the affected areas. Fifty-four village midwives were mapped in the Cianjur District Health cluster response map along with their contact numbers. A total of 162 midwives were mobilized to the field to strengthen three reproductive health tents set up in three primary health centers. The best practice from this response operation was the activation of reproductive health, which was immediately activated on day one, and the appointment of nine components of MISP on the day after. This was also the first major disaster where the reproductive health subcluster officially used the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) approach in their report. This experience inspired more NGOs and sub-national health offices to develop reproductive health contingency and preparedness plans using nine components of the MISP approach, and national regulations were adopted to accommodate this effort.
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