| 31 March 2016
Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Etre Familial
The Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Être Familial (ACABEF), was established in 1986 and recognised as an NGO by the Central African Government 1987. It signed a collaboration agreement with the government in 2003. Aim: To participate with the Government in creating the necessary conditions for the economic, social and cultural development of the population; To support the Government and through it the Maternal and Child Health Services; To contribute to the integration of family planning programmes into the public health system; To provide, when necessary, useful advice to relieve couples suffering from infertility and help them prevent future cases. Objectives: To increase young people's access to comprehensive, gender-sensitive sexual and reproductive health information and education; To increase young people's access to a wider range of age-appropriate services; Contribute significantly to the prevention and control of STIs/HIV/AIDS; Contribute to increasing access to psycho-social care for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through a dynamic partnership; To improve the access of women, men and young people to quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services using a gender and rights based approach; To contribute to the information and reduction of unsafe abortion rates in the country; To provide care for victims of GBV. ACABEF targets: Adolescents and youth; Men and women of reproductive age Number of clinics: ACABEF has had 07 clinics since its creation, namely The model clinic in Bangui in the capital The Ouham regional branch located in Bossangoa; The Lobaye regional branch in Mbaiki; The Ouaka Regional Antenna located in Bambari. A Point of Care (PPS) in Paoua A Care Provision Point (PPS) in Bozoum A youth-friendly centre in Bangui. However, with the socio-political events that the country has experienced since 2013, some clinics in the interior of the country have been completely vandalised and destroyed by armed groups and their goods taken away. For the time being, the association only has two clinics located in Bangui and Mbaiki and a youth centre in Bangui. The Association has been offering an average of 400,000 services per year to the population for the past 3 years including: SRH and FP services in fixed and advanced clinics HIV screening and follow-up of people declared positive for psychological care Comprehensive sexual education Carrying out community-based distributions Management of VGB Infertility treatment Advocacy on SRH rights issues
| 23 January 2025
FEDERA
FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning (formerly the Federation) is a non-governmental organization operating since 1991, fighting for reproductive justice. FEDERA's mission is advocating for basic human rights, especially the right of women to decide freely whether and when to have children. In FEDERA’s opinion, the possibility to enjoy this right is for women a condition of self-determination, as well as the condition of equalizing the life opportunities of women and men. They are fulfilling our mission through: Providing assistance to women in access to legal abortion in Polish hospitals and providing information on access to abortion care abroad and medical abortion, Intervening in cases of women being refused access to medical services in the field of reproductive health, Providing expert advice via helplines in individual queries addressed by persons in need of access to SRH services, Initiating and supporting activities focusing on women’s right to conscious motherhood, Monitoring the state of reproductive rights, Preparing reports on women’s health and reproductive rights, Promoting knowledge about reproductive health, Advocating for the access to adequate quality of reproductive and sexual health services, Advocating for the liberalization and decriminalization of access to abortion, Promoting knowledge about international mechanisms of human rights protection, Applying to international human rights institutions with the aim of improving the state of human rights observance in Poland, including the right to health, Media campaigns. Contact: Facebook, Instagram.