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Community Health Information Education Forum (C.H.I.E.F.)

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Community Health Information Education Forum (C.H.I.E.F.) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that communicates health matters in Nigeria. C.H.I.E.F.aims to bring health information, education, and communication services to people through involvement and outreach programmes. One area of particular focus is HIV/AIDS.
Communication Strategies

HIV/AIDS-related programmes carried out by CHIEF include community-based prevention and control programmes that address a wide range of individuals - from company employees and health workers to youth (both in and out of school). Strategies employed to implement these programmes include:

  • Advocacy/sensitisation
  • Behavioural change communication
  • Training, outreach, publications, mobilisation, and rallies
  • Provision of home-based care
  • Establishment of a youth-friendly resource centre


Specific activities that the organisation carries out include:

  • Conducting baseline studies (community diagnosis) to identify health needs
  • Providing basic health education and informal training to women, youth, and the elderly - for development, economic growth, and poverty alleviation.
  • Working to reduce maternal/infant morbidity and mortality rates by establishing primary health/outreach clinics
  • Providing essential drugs
  • Establishing multi-sectoral collaborations with other bodies or agencies promoting health.


Past projects have included:

  • From 2000-2002, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), provided basic health and HIV/AIDS information to 600 men, women, and young people in 6 rural/semi-rural Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos State of Nigeria.
  • Trained 120 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in the same LGAs.
  • From 2001-2003, with the support of Family Health International (FHI), implemented a sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV/AIDS prevention project among out-of-school youth in Ojo, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, and Lagos-Mainland LGAs of Lagos State; 128,000 youth were reached.
  • From 2004 on, in partnership with the National AIDS Control Agency (NACA), carried out an STI/HIV/AIDS prevention project among disadvantaged women and out-of-school youth in Eti-Osa, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State and Sagamu, Ogun States of Nigeria.
  • From 2000 to 2002, with the support of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LASACA), conducted an AIDS campaign rally in Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, and Lagos Island LGAs of Lagos State, Nigeria.


Activities planned for 2005 include scaling up of STI/HIV/AIDS prevention among out-of-school youth in five division of Lagos State, as well as a Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)-supported safe motherhood project in Agbowa community, Laos State.

Development Issues

Health, HIV/AIDS.

Key Points

C.H.I.E.F.'s aim is to support the World Health Organization's (WHO) commitment to health for all by developing and promoting practices that enhance self-actualisation and community and national development.

Partners

As indicated above, C.H.I.E.F. has partnered with or been supported/funded by the UNDP, FHI, NACA, LASACA, and CEDPA. It also collaborates with several local organisations and is a member of the Global Health Council.

Sources

C.H.I.E.F. website; and email from Remi Akinmade to The Communication Initiative on December 30 2004.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/24/2005 - 19:09 Permalink

For CHIEF's Chief Akinmade,
I like to learn more of this kind in health preferably being managed by NGO like yours. What about community mobilisation initiatives ? If yes doing, how you do - what modality : of course the country constitutional structure of the community differ but how really people participate? Since we are trying COMBI in Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria and Kala-azar. We have many things to learn about still with our little exposure - this is being attempted.

Anticipating your response on this

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 02:28 Permalink

This are wonderful programs. I hope you guys send the message across as you keep working on those people who needs your help. may our good Lord bless us all.

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