📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT ID
110709
TOTAL FUNDING
CAD 1,200,000.00
IDRC OFFICER
Nafissatou Diop
PROJECT STATUS
Active
DURATION
36 months
Summary
ANeSA is a seven-year CAD29.9-million initiative funded by IDRC, the?Canadian Institutes of Health Research?and?Global Affairs Canada. Its primary objective is to support greater realization?of critical sexual and reproductive health and rights by underserved populations in Africa.?ANeSA will generate and promote the use of high-quality evidence on sustainable, scalable interventions in five neglected thematic areas: family planning/contraceptive use, access to safe abortion care where legally permitted and post-abortion care, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, prevention of sexual and gender-based violence and improving services to its victims, advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Implementation Research projects were selected through an externally-reviewed open call for proposals.
This project addresses thematic areas of family planning/contraceptive use, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, and advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Nigeria.
In Nigeria, there are persistent inequalities in adolescent sexual and reproductive health indicators with northern Nigeria having poorer access, particularly in rural areas. Context-specific gender-transformative approaches and interventions are needed to eliminate barriers to access adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, and engage men/boys to transform gender norms that perpetuate inequalities.
The project addresses two key questions. 1) How can we engage and empower adolescent boys/girls and women in rural communities to become agents of change in promoting gender equality and improved delivery and acceptance of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, and 2) How can policymakers be engaged and empowered on gender-transformative approaches to improving programmes on adolescent sexual and reproductive health services
The project will study the determinants of use, quality and design of effective service delivery models.
The project will produce a community-based and gender-transformative framework on promoting improved access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in rural areas that can be scaled, and enhanced power dynamics within the communities. Evidence generated will inform decision makers’ action for innovations and approaches to adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Andrew G. Onokerhoraye, Centre for Population and Environmental Development, 54 Akenzua Street, Off Airport Road, Benin City Edo State Nigeria. agonoks@yahoo.com
Civil Society Organization co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Maryam Idi Apollo, Director of Health Intervention Programs. Gender Awareness and Development Association(GADA), Kulishin, Gombe State. peacefulkayla@yahoo.com
Canadian co-Principal Investigator: Prof.
