Health for All Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; MALAWI

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

Health for All Initiative (HAI) distributes low-cost self-injectable contraceptives to adolescent girls and women in Malawi.

The Initiative will identify groups of adolescent girls and women and increase awareness about Sayana Press by addressing cultural and religious beliefs that affect family planning uptake. Motivated community health workers (CHWs) in targeted districts and communities will be trained in counseling, storage and handling of Sayana Press, and behavior change activities to decrease stigma and promote knowledge about contraception for women. Coordination with community leaders and healthcare officials will enable widespread awareness campaigns and access to Sayana Press. Regular focus groups and collaboration with other NGOs will improve understanding of successes and drawbacks of our model and feedback will be integrated as we continue to expand our project. Health for All Initiative believes tackling the root cause of low contraceptive uptake will help in scaling up the distribution of Sayanna Press.

Health for all Initiative was founded in 2021 by Jemimah Nyirongo, Albert Kaonga, and Madeleine Dirmaco, Leonard Mndala and Madeline Stark.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 500 women with access to Sayana Press during the three-month pilot

• Reach 4,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 10,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Jemimah Nyirongo - Executive Director

Madeleine Dimarco - Fundraising & Marketing Director

Leonard Mndala - Implementation Director

Madeline Stark - Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

Albert Kaonga - Operations & Quality Improvement Director

Open Health Network

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

Open Health Network distributes Sayana Press to underserved women in Uganda.

The distribution model involves Community Health Workers (CHWs) delivering Sayana press (DMPA) to underserved women in Uganda. The pilot phase of the project is being implemented in the rural district of Kisoro, located in southwestern Uganda. Open Health Network trains participating CHWs using a cascade and incentive-based approach. These CHWs then provide comprehensive family planning information, distribute Sayana Press, and teach consenting women how to self-inject. A team of 10 CHWs is supervised and technically supported by a licensed Nursing Officer or Midwife at the public health facility within their catchment.

To ensure women's continuation of contraception, Open Health Network seeks husbands' support, encourage self-injection, and translate user guides into local languages and distribute the same to trained women. The team works with medicines supervisors at targeted health facilities to support projections, quantification, ordering, and transportation of Sayana Press to resolve the challenge of consistent stock-outs. The scale-up strategy is based on the involvement of private clinics and drug shops, village women groups, and early adopters to reach over 200,000 underserved women in the next two years at a minimum cost.

Open Health network was founded in the year 2021 by a team of 4 enthusiastic social entrepreneurs: Mushime Moses, Kakeeto Henry, Mukeshimana Meridah, and Gerald Rukundo. Moses serves as a full-time executive director; Henry as a Grants and fundraising Manager; while Meridah services as the community advocacy Officer. Dr. Gerald serves as the capacity building officer responsible for the capacity building of CHWs and quality assurance.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,000 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Raise $400,000 within the first two years

• Reach 10,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 20,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Mushime Moses - Executive Director

Kakeeto Henry - Grants and Partnerships Manager

Rukundo Gerald - Capacity Building Officer

Mukeshimana Meridah - Advocacy Officer