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NAME OF PROJECTCreation of Adolescent Friendly Center at Manhyia District Hospital, ITP 7
DIRECT OUTCOME OF PROJECT• Increase in attendance of adolescents to the adolescent friendly centre including students, head porters and others
• Increase in attendance of adolescents for family planning(contraception and counseling) and of legal abortion services
• Decrease in proportion of adolescent pregnancies
• Schools in the community are aware of adolescent health issues
as a result of health education on adolescent health
SPIN-OFF EFFECTS• Other hospitals in the region were encouraged by the Regional Health Administration to learn from our experience and to set-up adolescent health centers
• IPAS is moving the adolescent health centre from the previously small space into a newly provided more spacious facility
• An NGO-Environmental Protection Agency ready to pro-vide family planning services free for adolescents in the hospital
International Training Programme in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 2006-2010
Contact informationCreation of adolescent friendly centre at Manhyia District Hospital, ITP 7: [email protected] Youth-Friendly Services at the Kenyasi Health Center, ITP 2: [email protected]
NEXT STEPS• Continued professional development of existing staff in adolescent health Issues
• Using the media to inform the public about adolescent health issues
• Scale up the project to other districts in the Ashanti region
Ghana
Lund University, Faculty of Medicine
NAME OF PROJECTProviding Youth-Friendly Services at the Kenyasi Health Center, ITP 2
DIRECT OUTCOME OF PROJECT• Increased youth access to SRHS (from195-1,318 registrants)
• Expansion of services to include post-abortion care
• Youth-friendly services established in two other sites, increased access by adolescents to SRH services the district since 2007 to date- Counseled 4165- HIV testing 860- Contraceptives 840- STI Management 534- Decrease in unsafe abortion from 3 in 2007 to 0 in 2011- Reduction in teen pregnancies (From 26-3 early teen; 697-506 late teen
• Institutional capacity building through annual training of health workers after the initial training
• Having three functional YF corners (Kenyasi, Gyedu and Dadiesoaba Health Centers) and the Faith Based Hospital preparing to establish one
SPIN-OFF EFFECTS• Expansion of services to include post-abortion care
• Youth-friendly services established in two other sites in the district Gyedu and Dadiesoaba
• District is serving as a resource centre for other districts in the region for establishing youth-friendly services
• Margaret is a respected member of the Region Resource Team for Adolescent Health and has obtained a BSc in Public Health Education
• Gladys now serves on the National Adolescent Health Technical Advisory Group
NEXT STEPS
• Scaling up youth friendly health services to more communities in the district
• Continue the partnership with other organizations for long term sustainability of youth friendly health services in the region
A midwife giving a talk at the adolescent antenatal clinic
The new adolescent center situated close to the old unit
Another adolescent health center in the Kumasi metropolis
Interviewing the youth in Konkontireso community Youth receiving information about SRH issues
