Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights and nutrition for women

This project aims to improve the health and nutrition of women adolescents and children in Bauchi Kaduna and Kebbi states in Nigeria. It does so by improving coverage of gender-responsive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) and nutrition services. Project activities include: (1) training health professionals and community services providers to provide integrated gender responsive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) MNCH and nutrition services; (2) providing technical and financial support to states and local government authorities to procure transport and deliver essential SRHR MNCH and nutrition supplies including data tools and commodities; (3) raising awareness among community influencers and leaders on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) MNCH and nutrition related rights and services and harmful gender norms; (4) empowering civil society organizations and local community organizations to promote responsive SRH MNCH and nutrition related rights and services; (5) training policy makers and program managers on effective planning programming and decision making for gender responsive SRHR MNCH and nutrition services; and (6) strengthening the health information management systems for decision making in regard to SRHR MNCH and nutrition services.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased availability and accessibility of gender responsive SRHR MNCH and nutrition services; (2) increased family and community support for women and adolescents to ensure they have access to gender responsive SRHR MNCH and nutrition; and (3) improved capacity of state and local government authority institutions and key stakeholders to promote and deliver gender responsive SRHR MNCH and nutrition services for women children and adolescents.