Society for Family Health (SFH) Intervention Report for January to April, 2017

Women’s Health Project (WHP) Project

Project goal:
Increase access to harm reduction/PAC services, improve access to IUD, improve client perception and demand for IUD and improve quality of care in private sector clinics. Inter-personal and group IPC sessions on FP/RH are carried out in selected communities in Yola North and Gombi LGAs where women and men of reproductive age are reached with FP information and referrals made to partner facilities for FP information and service uptake. The summary data of community members reached with intervention messages in the period under review is as below.

	Ward	Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
	Jambutu	No of Inter Personal Communication Agents (IPCAs)	2	2	2	2	2
		Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) reached with FP messages	414	401	403	400	1618
		No of WRA referred	101	160	162	220	643
		No of Facilities	4	4	4	4	4
	Dobeli	No of Inter Personal Communication Agents (IPCAs)	2	2	2	2	2
		Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) reached with FP messages	282	518	468	400	1668
		No of WRA referred	156	206	207	228	797
		No of Facilities	4	4	4	4	4
	Gombi	No of Inter Personal Communication Agents (IPCAs)	2	2	2	2	2
		Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) reached with FP messages	409	442	442	527	1820
		No of WRA referred	109	179	332	165	785
		No of Facilities	1	1	1	1	1

 

As seen in the above table, some of Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) reached with FP messages in intervention
communities were referred to WHP Social Franchise facilities by Interpersonal Communication Agents for FP information and service uptake. SFH trained providers in the facilities provided FP counseling to all the referred WRA before some of them opted for services. The table below is the breakdown of FP service provision to WRA per partner health facility.  

Name of Partner Facility		Monthly IUD Insertions Per Facility				Monthly Implant Insertion Per Facility				Monthly Short Term FP Method Per Facility
		Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
1	Meddy Clinic and Maternity	8	7	9	5	8	6	4	7	0	15	27	36	132
2	Valli Clinic	11	10	21	22	10	1	5	4	0	5	14	12	115
3	New Boshang Clinic and Maternity	11	9	26	7	15	23	21	20	0	7	10	39	188
4	Zenith Care Consultant	13	14	20	16	13	25	17	9	0	12	13	18	170
5	Galbose Hospital	21	13	10	12	7	7	11	13	0	12	19	17	142
6	Daama Specialist Clinic	2	2	2	0	3	5	3	3	0	4	3	1	28
7	Trust Medical Clinic Gombi	21	60	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	15	0	0	111
8	Wisdom Nursing Home Numan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Goggo Abu Clinic and Maternity	1	0	3	5	6	0	4	6	0	0	9	16	50
10	Peace Hospital	2	10	7	0	18	8	13	21	13	0	21	8	145
11	Jimeta Clinic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sauki Clinic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

Capacity building training and other activities were also carried out by SFH field team targeting FP providers in both WHP Franchise facilities and selected public facilities. The capacity building sessions carried out in the period under review are:

S/n	Name of Activity/Training/Clinical Presentation	Participants	Comments
1	MPAC presentation for Health Care Workers in SFH WHP Social Franchise and selected public facilities	19 Family Planning providers in selected SFH Social Franchise and  public facilities	Capacity of providers built to carry out MPAC services
2	Yearly certification of FP providers in SFH WHP facilities by the FP Coordinator of Adamawa State	Family Planning providers in 12 SFH WHP Social Franchise facilities in the state	All the providers were certified by Adamawa State FP Coordinator

 

 

Comic Relief Emergency Transport Scheme Project

Goal

SFH implement the project in Adamawa state in collaboration with Transaid and NURTW. The project is aimed at contributing to saving the lives of pregnant women and new born in Adamawa state. This is done by increasing their uptake of maternal services and referral to registered health facilities through the use of NURTW volunteer drivers. The project is implemented in 16 LGAs of the state with 40 volunteer drivers in each LGA totaling 640 volunteer drivers. A total of 32 focal persons (2 per LGA) who are also NURTW drivers coordinate activities in intervention LGAs with the support of the State NURTW Chairman and Secretary. Below is a table of number of women of reproductive age provided with ETS services across intervention LGAs in the period under review.

Month	Jan	Feb	March	April	Total
Number of Volunteer Drivers -640
LGA Focal Persons Trained – 32
Yola North	10	11	11	4	36
Yola South	17	6	9	7	39
Hong	13	24	27	42	106
Gombi	59	45	53	94	251
Fufore	46	50	59	31	187
Girei	28	12	23	27	90
Toungo	12	25	19	17	73
Shellenge	45	21	13	7	86
Numan	23	6	8	1	38
Mayo-Belwa	4	18	12	18	52
Demsa	56	51	61	54	222
Lamurde	10	6	15	10	41
Guyuk	4	6	7	14	31
Jada	10	40	10	4	64
Ganye	15	17	0	10	42
Song	1	95	53	21	170
Total Women Transported	353	433	380	361	1,527

 

Other Emergency Transport Scheme Project Activities Carried Out

S/n	Name of Activity/Training/Clinical Presentation	Participants	Comments
1	Quarterly club meeting	640 Volunteer drivers in all intervention LGAs (40/LGA)	Project performance in LGAs were discussed, experience sharing done and data documentation issues addressed. Best two performing volunteer drivers in all the LGAs were also appreciated with recharge vouchers.
2	Commemoration of Volunteer Day Celebration for 2017 held in three clusters	640 Volunteer drivers in all intervention LGAs (40/LGA), LGA Chairmen and Focal Person as well as partners/stakeholders	All volunteer drivers appreciated and rewarded with vehicle engine oil and other gift items. The best two performing drivers were also given financial incentive by her Excellency, the Wife of the Governor of Adamawa state.

 

Note: A total of 1,527 pregnant women in emergency situation were provided transport services by volunteer drivers in the 16 LGAs between January and April, 2017 as seen in the table above.

Challenge

·        Perception by community members that volunteer drivers receive monthly stipend hence do
not support them in subsidizing their fuel cost.

Way Forward on Challenges

·        Use media appearance to sensitize community members on need to appreciate or
compensate volunteer drivers’ since the services they provide is affordable and
not absolutely free.

SFH appreciate the partnership and enabling environment created for activities and make commitment to sustain activities towards improving the lives of the poor and vulnerable target population in the state.

 

FOR:Society for Family Health Nigeria

 Michael Enenche

Territorial Manager, Yola