Laxassayu Ngir Wèr Gi Yaram (Radio Distance Learning Programme for Community Health Workers) – Seneg

The programme has 26 episodes where workshops are designed. It also has synopsis writing for the episodes. The workshop involves participants from different backgrounds of the health sector, communication, education, and relay workers, writers, various partner agencies and USAID.

The organisers say: "One of the health challenges in Senegal is the use of traditional medicine and the misunderstanding of religion's position on health services such as family planning (FP). "It is therefore critical to increase communities' awareness of the benefits of using reproductive health services. Decentralisation of the health system in Senegal is an enabling factor in that regard since it has allowed expansion of services at the district and community levels with an increase in outreach activities."

Health

The objectives of the programme are to:

• § Improve the knowledge of relay workers in maternal health and FP, child survival, adolescent health, STI/HIV/AIDS, interpersonal communication and counselling, and action planning
• Empower and motivate relay workers in their communities.
• § Encourage communities to seek services by providing them with the same health information provided to relay workers through radio.

Partners
MOH/National Reproductive health Services , National, regional, and rural radio stations, Basic Support for Institutionalising Child Survival (BASICS), National AIDS Control Programme