Third Quarter

The Ministry of Health has developed family health guideline, which contains key health information meant to support families. The guideline, have been widely distributed and utilized by the rural communities, especially utilized to train Women Development Groups. More than 422,523 volunteer community health development armies, received competencies based training.

DKT provide access to FP and HIV/ AIDs prevention to Adolescent and Youth through Higher Education initiative (HEI) project in 25 campuses across 10 public universities and 2 Technical, Vocational Education schools (TVEs). Its undertaken different activities such as conducting block to block discussions among female and male students on HIV/ AIDs and FP, Safe Vacation, Safe Grad and Freshman Welcome events, Life Planning for a Better SRH trainings for students, Distributed BCC materials about safe vacation, EC, female condoms, contraceptives.

In-school youth were reached through life skill education aiming to increase their knowledge and skill

FGAE has been implementing CSE as an extracurricular intervention using in and out of school settings and developed a contextualized CSE guides for teachers and learners in two local languages. More than 158,000 young people completed the CSE sessions. FGAE also closely works with Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs), local leaders and gatekeepers to address the Sexual and Reproductive Health barriers.

Through the adolescents 360’s Smart Start, the project has achieved: 63 Sites activated. Over 25,000 Girls served with modern contraception. 74 % of girls voluntarily adopting a method after engaging with A360. 55 % of girls have voluntarily taken up a long-acting reversible method.

The government implemented and scaled up a willow-box initiative (follow up box) at community and household level through health extension program to address unmet need for FP of the rural women in general and with a particular emphasis on adolescent and youth who are in/out of school, by ensuring the availability and accessibility of contraceptives and reduce social- cultural and financial barriers.

Actively supported MoH/EPSA with the national quantification exercise.

Participates in technical working groups and taskforce meeting

Support the development of the TMA strategy with UNFPA

Participated in TMA discussions, advocated for a policy exemption to allow pharmacists and pharmaceutical technologists to provide injectable contraceptives as part of TMA.