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Gbara Community Health Development Project - Nigeria

Region

Global, Africa, South Asia

Programme Summary


Shortly after registration in August 1998, Community Health Information Education Forum (C.H.I.E.F.) management conducted two community mobilization visits to Gbara in order to assess the health needs of the community. From this needs assessment, the project provided safe-motherhood programmes, a community elders forum, and capacity/poverty alleviation programmes.

Communication Strategies



Key strategy used was Information-Education Communication to create awareness, increase knowledge, build approval, present personal benefits, propt action, sustain behavioral change and influence community norms.

Development Issues



Health, HIV/AIDS, economic development, women, family planning/reproductive health.

Key Points



Future plans include: training of volunteer health workers/traditional birth attendants, work with youth in and out of school, community/home-based care of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Partners



Lagos-State HIV/AIDS Foundation, Eti-Osa Local Government AIDS Action Committee, Lagos-State Safe-motherhood Committee, Roll Back Malaria, School Health - UNDP Integrated projects,Geeta Ashram Foundation, Development NetWork, National Council of Women's Societies, YWCA - Eti-osa branch.

Contact

UNEP
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Asia and the Pacific
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Bldg., Rajdamnern Avenue
10th Floor, B-Block
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 2881870
Fax: (66-2) 2803829
sarabuddhi@un.org

Europe
UNEP Regional Office for Europe
15 Chemin des Anémones, Châtelaine-Genève
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 917 82 79
Fax: (41-22) 917 80 24
roe@unep.ch

Latin America and the Caribbean
UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean
Boulevard de los Virreyes No. 155
Col. Lomas Virreyes, CP 11000- Mexico
D.F., Mexico
Tel: (52-55) 5202 6394
Fax: (52-55) 5202 0950
enlace@pnuma.org

North America
UNEP Regional Office for North America
1707 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C 20006
United States
Tel: (1-202) 785 0465
Fax: (1-202) 785 2096
bvd@rona.unep.org

West Asia
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia
P.O. Box 10880
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: (973) 17812752-17812777
Fax: (973) 17825110
uneprowa@unep.org.bh

Africa
UNEP Regional Office for Africa (ROA)
P.O. Box 30552
Nairobi 00100
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 624 284
Fax: (254 2) 623 928
roainfo@unep.org

Source

Letter from Remi Akinmade to The Communication Initiative.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 10 2001
Last Updated May 10 2001

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