NEWSLETTER FY23/Q3
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….
A SAFE SPACE FOR SIMISOLA:
A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVOR’S EXPERIENCE Nowhere was safe for ten-year old Simisola (pseudonym). She did not have a home or parents to keep her safe. Simisola and her brother, Tunji (pseudonym) lost their mother in 2017. Their father took them to stay with a woman…
I3TR PROJECT REBUILDS TRUST, SAVES LIVES
The Integrated Track, Test, Treat and Retain (i3TR) service is one of CIHP’s strategies for finding people living with HIV in her HIV treatment and care program. The i3TR conduct index testing which involves testing sexual partners and biological children of people living with HIV…
FAMILY MATTER! PROGRAM EMPOWERS PARENTS, LEADERS ON ADOLESCENT CARE
FMP empowers Muslim clerk to provide sexuality counselling to adolescents Imam Dauda Tanmola is an Islamic clerk who supervises five mosques in Mushin, Lagos with each having over 100 worshipers. He has a set of twins who are aged 11years and who are currently enrolled…
LAGOS HIV SURGE PROJECT
Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) took over implementation of the Lagos SURGE project in October 2019 with a baseline of under 27,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) being supported on HIV care and treatment. Following innovations adopted by the project, the number of PLHIV…
CIHP Receives Public Health Excellence Award at the CDC Biannual Program Performance Review Meeting/2022 End Of Project Cycle Symposium.
Congratulations to our states of implementation; Lagos and Gombe for receiving awards in recognition of their Human Resource and Infrastructure support respectively. The two-day CDC Biannual Program Performance Review meeting/2022 End of Project Cycle Symposium brought together stakeholders and implementing partners from all 19 PEPFAR…
