CIDRZ with help from World Fund, via the Ministry of Well being, has formally launched the Neighborhood Complete Well being Package deal for Adolescents and Younger Individuals (C-CoHP) Challenge, in three (3) districts of Western Province (Mongu, Limulunga, and Sesheke) to run from October 2022 to December 2023.
This Peer-led group venture will give attention to offering complete well being companies to out-of-school and in-school Adolescents and Younger Individuals (AYP) between the ages of 10-24 in addition to practice 40 adolescent peer educators that will likely be positioned within the sixteen (16) goal communities inside the three (3) districts.
C-CoHP Challenge Lead, Dr. Mwangelwa Mubiana-Mbewe, emphasised the necessity to implement companies and interventions that may attain AYP of all classes, together with these in faculties, and people with disabilities because it catalyzes the upholding of the common well being protection precept.
The primary aims of this venture embody:
I. Rising entry and uptake of a variety of well being companies amongst AYP equivalent to household planning, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) & HIV screening and administration, expertise improvement, Gender Primarily based Violence (GBV) companies, and different companies to advertise health-seeking behaviors.
II. Offering financial empowerment via expertise improvement, mentorship by native position fashions, financial savings, and monetary literacy.
III. Rising consciousness of psychological well being points amongst AYP together with early identification of psychological well being issues and provision of first-line help and referrals.
Different companies embody the operating of group Adolescent Pleasant Areas (AFS) and group cellular caravans via which Sexual Reproductive Well being and Rights (SRHR) data and companies will likely be supplied to enhance entry amongst the AYP inhabitants. The venture may also present first-line help and referrals utilizing the GBV LIVES method.
In the meantime performing Provincial Well being Director, Dr. Jacob Sakala expressed gratitude that the Ministry of Well being was in a position to “interact an all-weather-partner group, CIDRZ” to implement this part of the adolescent well being program. He knowledgeable all members current that “It is necessary for MoH employees to take possession and help the C-CoHP venture to enhance the well being outcomes of adolescents and younger individuals within the province.”
And, performing District Well being Director, Mr. Osman mentioned the district has in recent times skilled a rise in instances of teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions, STIs and early marriages, and different poor health-seeking behaviors amongst AYP. He counseled CIDRZ for producing revolutionary interventions that can improve AYP entry to SRHR and different well being companies.
