| 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
| 31 March 2016
SECS – Contraception and Sexual Education Society, Romania
SECS was founded in 1990 with the help of the IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) to meet the needs of information, education and service provision in the fields of sexuality and family planning. Since then, the SECS has continued to militate for reproductive rights and reproductive health in Romania. Over the years, SECS has been an educator, opinion leader and pioneer in providing family planning services. Through its mobilization programmes, the organization has succeded in catalisying governamental organisations and non-governamental organisations from 11 urban communities to create sustainable partnerships (Local Coordination Groups) who have developed and implemented their own local plans for educating disadvantaged population through the local community resources. SECS promotes through its programmes the importance of local partnerships to being the key to identify the existing needs and the sustainable solutions for implementing them. SECS played a major role in the National Family Planning Program and supported the creation of a coherent network of supporters of reproductive health in Romania. Our organization holds the position of national leader in family planning programs, and for seven years has been a partner for Head of the Ministry of Health in initiation, implementation and monitoring of The National Family Planning Program in the health reform process. Through this program SECS has provided technical assistance for the Public Health Authorities of all the counties of the country and in collaboration with them has contributed to the medical continuum education process of 5,300 family doctors and 4,000 medical schools nurses in rural areas. Believing that that the population's access to information and education must be one continuous process, the SECS initiated Community mobilization and training programmes both in rural and urban areas, strategic and sustainable programmes. Key areas of expertise: Providing technical assistance in initiation, implementation, monitoring and program evaluation, both at the national and international level, training of medical staff in family planning, financial management of medical offices. Adult education (communication,fundraising, growing the level of awareness on some community issues, volunteering, advocacy, respect for sexual and reproductive rights for humans with special needs). Training peer educators both for young people and for adults, community mobilization programs through developing multi-sectoral groups and optimal use of local resources. Logistic system development and implementation for monitoring the distribution of some products within public health programs, communication campaigns who are targeting behaviour change. Advocacy programs. Understanding the reproductive health needs of people living with learning disabilities.