GenDi- CIVIL SOCIETY MALARIA AND NUTRITION (ACOMIN) PROJECT
Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) is a Vendor under Catholic Relief Services (CRS), on the Global Fund Malaria Grant for contributing towards reducing the malaria burden and bringing malaria-related mortality and morbidity to zero level . ACOMIN engaged Gender Development at the State level to reduce the burden of malaria.
About the Project
Malaria is a major public health problem in Nigeria and has the highest out of fifteen countries who accounted for 80% of global malaria burden in 2017. Malaria is a risk for 97% of Nigeria’s population, of which under-5 children and pregnant women are the most vulnerable. As part of the efforts to address the above challenges, Global Fund is presently implementing a three-year Malaria Grant in Nigeria for the period 2018 – 2020. The Grant is being implemented through a Consortium that is led by Catholic Relief Services and has as members of the Consortium – The Malaria Consortium, Management Sciences for Health and Society for Family Health. ACOMIN is being engaged on this grant to implement the oversight, advocacy and accountability components at the community and state levels. The aim is to pursue an increase in the quality of services, generate real time objective information and assess the quality and quantity of service delivery, reduce wastage and loss of interventions and advocate for increased resource allocation for malaria intervention.
Activities Conducted Are:
GenDi conducts an Entry and Exit Focused Group discussions at the ward level, to pass information on availability of free malaria drugs and LLIN in the facility as well as to sensitize the community stakeholders on malaria.
- Gendi conducts Client Exit interviews at Global fund supported health facilities within our coverage in order to find out if they have access to necessary malaria commodities
- GenDi conducts KII activities to stakeholders at Facility and LGA level to find out how malaria budget is been allocated.
- GenDi conducts advocacy visits to stakeholders to advocate for identified issues from facilities and communities.
- GenDi with the collaboration of other CBOs, celebrates commemorative days, i.e., Malaria Day.
- GenDi and other CBOs are holding a media conference to solicit an increase in malaria budget allocations in the state.
- Gendi has recorded quite a number of Success story during the implementation of the project, such as the temporary donation of building facility for community use, clearing of facilities, donation of ceiling fans, fixing of faulty toilets, provision of beds to facilities, solar light, etc.
