SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA
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
Women Self Inject Initiative (WSII) seeks to increase access to modern contraceptives particularly self injectables (Sayana press) among women in low resource settings.
The distribution model is based on private health workers who own drug shops to supply Sayana Press to women. We shall identify and train 30 private health workers (PHW) Masaka district, southern Uganda on family planning counseling and how to train women on self-injection using standard tools developed by PATH. In turn, the PHW will instruct and demonstrate self-injection technique to the women who take Sayana Press as method of choice. We believe that this model eliminates the need for women to return to a clinic every three months for re-injection and improves privacy for the users of the method.
Their team consists of 4 co-founders. Three graduate midwives, Robert Isoke, Hamiidah Nakyanzi, and Usaama Ssewankambo as well as their mentor Felister Apili who have expertise and prior experience working on sexual reproductive health and maternal child health initiatives in various parts of Uganda.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Distribute Sayana Press to at least 500 women by the end of the pilot.\
30 private health workers recruited to distribute Sayana Press and trained on how to instruct and train women on self-injection with Sayana Press by the end of the pilot
Raise an additional $40000 by the end of the pilot
FOUNDING TEAM
Robert Isoke - Team Leader
Nakyanzi Hamiidah - Public Relations Officer
Ssewankambo Usaama - Quality Assurance Officer
Apili Felister - Technical Lead