Name of the project: “Health and Gender Support for Cox's Bazar District (HGS-CXB)”

Programme Area: Integrated sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services and information

Duration: June 2021 to June 2023  

Funded by: World Bank

Supported By: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Implementation area of PHD: Cox’s Bazar District    

Target audience: Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers and Caregivers, Adolescents, Under 5 Children and others.

To reinforce the integrated and equitable sexual and reproductive health information, including GBV prevention and response services and information in all aspects of mobilization and of health care facilities, host communities, DRP camps as well as information management in COX” Bazar a program is implementing which has been articulating the improving government system’s capacity. Partners in Health and Development (PHD) stepped to enhance the area of work to improve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of host communities through the maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health program and GBV counselling. As per the organizational context, PHD committed to sensitize and mobilize the people of the community level to search SRHR where a critical gap is identified and especially unmarried adolescents, girls in particular where SRHR insights enable young people to make more informed decisions regarding their own sexual health and rights. Information and health awareness support in maintaining the population size and to avoid unwanted pregnancies similarly, sensitize, stimulate families in the prevention of gender-based violence. Throughout the enhanced and innovative program of social mobilization in the community different strategies have been designed as per the interventions.

To aware, the community people about SRHR such as Family planning, antenatal care, postnatal care, and facility delivery, etc. community health workers will mobilize the information through household visits in those catchment areas where communication and infrastructure are in proper condition. The hard-to-reach unions and villages will be accessed through responsible and interested people of the community. Along with these, awareness sessions, workshops, and dedicated assemblies will be organized with the community leaders and people of different ages and sex to sensitize them about SRHR information and services. With a view to relating the real-life scenario on SRHR with the community people, different kinds of IPT the show, street drama, folk song, roadshow, film show, audio-visualization of educational materials on SRHR information will be developed for reaching more people. Also, slots for SRHR information on radio channels and short animated video starring a role model for TV will be utilized to disseminate the information to the common people.

To give orientation and briefings on the interventions, staff induction, Basic SRHR, and GBV training and Refresher TOT, Day long orientation/training to UP secretaries on the intervention to facilitate UP’s support to the project, keep Chairman and Parisad informed on progress and keep SRHR agenda in UP's meetings. Organize Training on Supportive Supervision for HI, AHI, FPI Support to organize UDCC meetings on a regular basis (quarterly) at the Union level will be organized to develop the knowledge and ideas of the project staff throughout the program interventions.

To develop the common understanding among stakeholders and ensure active participation and aligning activities with overall district plans and to upgrade the knowledge and Skills to minimum level different monthly, bi -monthly and quarterly meetings will be conducted. From the targeted areas some awareness groups like peer mothers, adolescent groups, etc. will be developed through providing proper information on SRHR and engaging them with program activities. Workshops on SRHR information with SACMO and other organizations will be arranged to improve the capacity of the field and facility staff of the targeted areas. Meetings with the UP standing committee, community support groups; public, private organizations, etc. will be organized to discuss SRHR information for upgrading the capacity of staff related to the projects.

The project will work to achieve 3 project objectives likely;

Objective 1: Improved access to and utilization of integrated SRHR and GBV prevention and response services in union level facilities of Cox's Bazar.

Objective 2: Improved access to and utilization of integrated SRHR and GBV prevention and response services in Displaced Rohingya Population (DRP) camps in Cox's Bazar

Objective 3: Strengthened system and capacity at the institutional and individual levels for integrated SRHR and GBV prevention and response services in Cox's Bazar