Empowering Communities to take the Lead to End AIDS by 2030: CIHP’s World AIDS Day Impact across Project States.
In observance of World AIDS Day, the Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) made significant strides across its project states – Kogi, Gombe, Lagos, and Kaduna. Under the theme “Let Communities Lead,” CIHP orchestrated a series of events that spotlighted community-driven solutions to end AIDS…
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CIHP HOSTS 2 CDC BIANNUAL STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING In her address, Dr. Mary Boyd, the CDC Country Director,emphasized the importance of identifying and addressinggaps in service delivery to persons living with HIV. CIHP played a significant role in hosting the second edition ofthe Biannual Program Performance…
FOR HEALTHIER CHILDREN IN BIDA, CHECHE DISTRICT HEAD ENDORSES IMMUNIZATION
Bida in Niger State is one of the four Local Government Areas where the LEOPOD study was implemented. Following the intervention to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in Bida, Niger state, Abubakar Mohammed, the district head of Cheche commended the project, its implementers Center…
THROUGH HOME VISITS, VACCINATION MESSAGING AND EXPERIENCE BECAME MORE ENJOYABLE FOR MENTEES LIKE SAFIYA
Beyond holding community impact sessions which is core, home visit was equally an essential component of the project. Home visits, conducted by mentors, buttressed the essence of follow up on mentees’ commitment to behaviour change. Safiya, one of the mentees in Paikoro LGA, Niger State…
THE IMPACT OF THE LEOPOD PROJECT THROUGH A COMMUNITY LEADER’S LENS
Traditional across the LEOPOD project beneficiary locations played crucial roles in ensuring the success of the project. From the community entry to supporting the implementation phase, the project enjoyed solid support from the community leaders in Niger and Gombe states. In Anguwan Kwanayi community of…
WHEN A FATHER CARES: MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR VACCINATES HIS DAUGHTER
For a project that primarily targeted caregivers and their children, Mohammed Abubakar’s story highlights a high level of impact. As the only male among 20 caregivers on the LEOPOD project in Bida Local Government Area, Niger state, Mohammed defied odds to complete his daughter’s vaccination….
HADIZA, A COMMITTED AND PASSIONATE MENTOR FOR IMMUNIZATION
Nearly all the caregivers of fully-immunized children on the LEOPOD project – through exit interviews – indicated willingness to continue as immunization mentors in the community. Hadiza Mohammed, a teacher, is one of the 20 immunization mentors recruited on the LEOPOD project in Gwam Ward…
CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH BOLA O: Participants Learn How to Effectively Manage Stress Within and Outside Work Post COVID
Managing stress post-COVID-19, amid a backlog of work from the lockdown period has proven difficult for many. In an event held both virtually and physically on the 25th of June, 2021. 312 participants were convenedto better understand the nature of stress. Through a series of…
Reviewing Progress: Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC) Project.
CIHP, DAI (and more recently, TA Connect) as well as the Kaduna State government conducted a review of the implementation of the G-ANC adoption in Kaduna with the objective of assessing successes and lessons learned from phase one of the projects. The 3-day Strategic ReviewMeeting…
