SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; RWANDA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.
Learn more about the Sayana® Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
SIRIUS Initiative is a social enterprise which delivers a community where everyone has access to modern contraception and every pregnancy is wanted.
SIRIUS (The brightest star in earth’s night sky) Initiative is created purposefully to tackle family planning unmet needs using a Peer-to-peer private dispensing model. A network of private dispensers will distribute SAYANA Press from our accredited store to their peers on affordable price, at door-step and at work (e.g. for sex workers) in Gasabo district (in pilot) where unmet needs of contraception is high in Rwanda.
The organization is a tightly-knighted team of 3 social entrepreneurs with a solid background in medical field and strong interests in sexual and reproductive health’s public health aspect. Emile NGABO as a coordinator and legal representative, Monique NSHUTI as Operations officer and Gratien ABANJYENZABARINDA as an officer in charge of Quality assurance, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (QA & MEAL).
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 150 women in Kigali City - Gasabo District
Distribute 150 SAYANA Press Injections (Doses)
Reach 20,000 people by distributing 80,000 interventions (injections) by the end of Year 2
FOUNDING TEAM
Emile Ngabo- Coordinator
Monique Nshuti - Operations Officer
Gratien Abanjyenzabarinda - Quality Assurance Officer