Safer Hands SRHR Skitters Awareness

In 2020, maternal mortality in Nigeria occur approximately every two minutes.Nigeria has, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the second-highest maternal and neonatal mortality rate in the world, after India. In the year 2020, 540 women and children per thousand died, representing an 11 percent global mortality rate. In the same year, nearly 95% of maternal fatalities occurred in low- and low-middle-income nations such as Nigeria. This necessitates the immediate support and participation of all corporate and private organizations, in collaboration with health professionals, in the quest for mitigation strategies.

Access to healthcare is an important issue for Nigerian women, but many young people reside in medically marginalized and hard-to-reach communities with limited or no access to sexual and reproductive health. In addition, there are significant disparities between these young people and their access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights information, products, and services, which disrupts maternal and child health care services. Investing in sexual and reproductive health services would aid in resolving issues related to Nigeria's dismal maternal and infant mortality rates, according to research. Consequently, our solution has identified the one to three SRHR issues listed below and endeavors to address them.

Improve people's access to SRHR information, products, and services by prioritizing infrastructure centered on young people.

Improve SRHR outcomes for young people and eliminate barriers at their root."

Our solution aims to increase access to sexual and reproductive health services and reach young people through media technology. We would first educate and utilize an existing team of frontline rural healthcare providers on sexual and reproductive health information. The training would help them recognize the unique significance of sexual and reproductive health and the requirements of the young people they frequently serve. Our training would concentrate on family planning services, providing information and management on unsafe abortions, providing quality obstetric and antenatal care for all expectant women and girls, and empowering women and girls with contraceptive methods and HIV testing materials.
In addition, we would organize teams of young people in our implementing communities to convene at specified times and engage in in-depth discussions about sexual and reproductive health rights.Our discussion would center on empowering young people to understand and exercise their rights and delivering a comprehensive sexuality education.  During our meetups, we would use media technology to create and distribute informative, educational, and communicative materials with graphics, as well as short videos, podcasts, and other forms of media that would be distributed in adolescent-focused groups and social media platforms aimed at young people. Finally, we would connect these young people with the rural healthcare providers we have trained in our implementing communities so that they would have access to a comprehensive range of reproductive health services.

In accordance with the 4HERPOWER challenge's intended audience, which consists of young people, we have drafted solutions that will benefit young people from diverse socioeconomic and familial backgrounds, especially those living in underserved communities in southern Nigeria. The Solution would increase young people's access to infomed sexual and reproductive health services in their community, thereby improving their health. Our solution would assist young people in becoming aware of their bodies, in comprehending how their decisions affect them, and in being challenged to make decisions that promote their reproductive health.

Moreover, the implementation of these solutions would provide young people with access to informed contraceptive choices, thereby reducing the incidence of teen pregnancies and their associated unlawful abortions. In addition, it makes HIV testing and follow-up services very accessible in the communities where these young people reside.  Ultimately, it aids in the reduction of the current high rate of maternal mortality, to which young people in many Nigerian communities have contributed significantly.

Safer Hands Health Initiative is a Nigerian non-profit organization that was established six years ago with the aim of expanding access to maternal and infant health care in rural communities in southern Nigeria.There are eleven team members and forty-six volunteers. Our team is comprised of trained medical professionals with extensive experience implementing health-centered community initiatives that have had a substantial impact on women and girls.We have trained, retrained, and empowered over two hundred rural healthcare providers through partnerships with the government and other non-profit organizations. In addition, we have established sexual and reproductive health counseling and education facilities in a number of these institutions. Since our inception, we have reached more than 28 communities, allowing us to provide the highlighted solution with sufficient experience. Our previous training and empowerment initiatives in these communities have provided us with information regarding the sexual and reproductive health needs of the youth in these communities.

Our Solution has trained and upskilled over 200 frontline rural health providers. Our reproductive health education for mothers and girls has reached over 6,420 individuals . Furthermore , we have provided over 18,000 Sterile delivery kits to aid hygienic delivery in Nigeria .

The solution is Innovative in that it introduces an approach that concentrates on young people and their access to sexual and reproductive health in their local communities by increasing the number of healthcare providers. Our Treatment In addition, takes a comprehensive approach to SRHR, addressing not only the fundamentals of sexual health and contraception, but also broader issues like gender equality and comprehensive healthcare. Moreover, our solution is community-based and involves community members as well as partnerships with other local organizations. This would increase its effectiveness.

Our solution enables youthful peers to educate each other, thereby fostering a more open and relatable dialogue. Our media technology enhances engagement and accessibility through the use of videos, animations, and podcasts,to present information in an interactive and engaging manner.The technology is innovative as it would majorly utilize peer to peer transfer of this media engagements in a bid to reach teams of young person within each specified area.

By 2025, increase the rate of reproductive life planning and contraceptive use among at least 6,000 sexually active adolescents in at least 30 communities.

By 2025, increase young adolescent women's access to sexual and reproductive health services by 75% in 30 communities.

Increase adolescents' sexuality education knowledge by 85 percent in 30 Nigerian communities by 2025.

Our SRHR solution is intended to facilitate access to information and assistance concerning sexual health, family planning, and reproductive rights.We anticipate that our SRHR solution will have a positive impact on the problem because it addresses several key issues, including access to accurate information about sexual and reproductive health, the reduction of stigma associated with SRHR topics, and the empowerment of individuals to take control of their sexual and reproductive health, ultimately leading to healthier and more informed decisions.

The Solution would offer SRHR services that are not typically available in communities where a large number of young people reside. According to Oronje et al. (2011), utilizing  media tools  significantly contributes to efforts to address SRHR challenges by focusing public attention on these issues and making them more visible in development discourses due to their agenda-setting function.

Full time staff -2

team members - 11

volunteers - 46

we have been for 6 years .

Inclusion would be incorporated into the design, planning, and implementation of SRHR programs involving youth. In addition, we would ensure that our media messages, program materials, and other forms of communication are available in multiple languages, particularly those spoken by the target population. This would facilitate accessibility and comprehension for native speakers. Ensure that your communication reflects the cultural values and norms of your intended audience.

Non-governmental organizations are supported by grants and contributions.Our primary clients are rural healthcare providers and women of childbearing age who reside in rural communities in southwest Nigeria. We educate and equip healthcare providers so that they can provide fundamental healthcare to the communities they serve. We conduct a Project TTT training program for these healthcare professionals. Every month, we train and empower twenty healthcare providers in a variety of actions aimed at enhancing women's and girls' health and reducing mortality.

 The one-two day Capacity Building and Interactive Training Session would address the following:

Security and Hygiene Procedures

Safer childbirth (best practices for antenatal, maternal, and neonatal care, as well as obstetric danger indicators for prompt referral).

Family planning (benefits, methods, fallacies, and misconceptions) and service referral systems

Immunization of mothers and children (importance and varieties)

Systems for referring clients to services

While we work on securing ongoing donations and grants, we plan to assemble and sell locally, at a self-sustaining price, maternal kits for every woman and girl to be used in a basic healthcare context.