Intensification Of STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Among The Target Population Through Community Mobilization Along The Abidjan – Lagos Transport Corridor.
ARFH is one of the NGOs that implemented the project titled ‘’ Intensification of STI/HIV/AIDS prevention among the target population through community mobilization along the Abidjan – Lagos Transport Corridor. The project was part of the Global Fund round 6 to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and supported by Abidjan –Lagos Transport Corridor Organization. The […]
Preventing the Spread of STI and HIV through Promotion of Behaviour Change Practices along the Abidjan-Lagos Transport Corridor
With support from the World Bank, ARFH in collaboration with the Abidjan Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO) implemented a project, which was aimed at addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in and around Seme Border. The project adopted various approaches in reaching out and communicating HIV/AIDS information to the highly mobile target project community. One of these was […]
Capacity Building For Health & Non-Workers: 2005 -2008
ARFH has designed and implemented different innovative interventions aimed at responding to the adverse reproductive health situation in Nigeria especially in the areas of Maternal, Child and Newborn Health through capacity building for health and non health professionals, mentoring of organisations and youth programming. Key among these was the successful introduction of the integrated market […]
ARFH’ Community Based Distribution (CBD) Projects
In 1998, Operations research on the Ibadan Market-Based Distribution Project in Nigeria investigated the feasibility of a contraceptive distribution system using traders in the traditional markets to sell pills, condoms, and foaming tablets. Two hundred and thirty-five female and male traders were trained and supplied with contraceptives, malaria treatments, and oral rehydration salts to sell […]
Systems Transformed for Empowered Action and Enabling Responses for Vulnerable Children and Families (STEER).
ARFH partnered with Save the Children International (SCI) and her partners: American International Health Alliance (AIHA), Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Mercy Corps to create greater country ownership and leadership for support of vulnerable children through strengthened governments, civil society and families to mitigate HIV and AIDS’ impact on Nigerian children and families. The […]
Community Channels of Delivery for Family Planning (C2D4FP) – states-Kebbi, Eb-onyi, and Gombe
The C2D4FP project contributes to reducing maternal and infant morbidity by increasing access to family planning through the distribution of family planning commodities. The C2D4FP project was implemented with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It involved building the capacity of market based agents, community voluntary health workers, beauticians, male advocates and patent […]
Integrating Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Planning into Humanitarian Support
ARFH was supported by United Nation Population Fund to integrate sexual reproductive health and family planning services into the minimum service package for internally displaced people in 3 conflict affected states in Nigeria: Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states. the project built the capacity of community extension workers (CHEWs), MISP counsellors and community resource persons (CORPs) […]
Expanding Social Marketing of FP in Nigeria (ESMPIN)
The ESMPIN project sought to improve the health of women and children in Nigeria by increasing the use of child spacing method and the use of child health products thus reducing maternal, child morbidity and mortality using a social marketing approach and community-based distribution strategies. The community–based distribution component ensured that messages, commodities and services […]
Access to quality Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives Family Planning services including DMPA-SC & Self Injection
With funding from UNFPA, ARFH pilot tested the DMPA-SC and employed the following strategies and activities: Capacity Building: Health Care Providers’ Cascade CHEWs Training in Kebbi and Ebonyi states as a follow up to the training of trainers (ToT) conducted for Nurse/Midwives and CHOs in eight selected LGAs in August 2015 and had continued in […]
Expanding access to RH/FP services in Northern Nigeria
This project was implemented in Kebbi and Sokoto States with the support of UNFPA using a community-based distribution approach in collaboration with 2 CBOs with the aim of increasing access to RH/FP services. While the capacity of the 2 CBOs was built in project management, a total of 100 community members were trained as CBD […]