From the Lab to the Last Mile: Menstrual, Sexual & Reproductive Health Innovative Bfree Duo
| Reporting Organization: | Women's Global Health Innovations |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 200,000 |
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| Timeframe: |
September 30, 2018 - January 28, 2020 |
| Status: |
Completion |
| Contact Information: |
Leisa Hirtz
[email protected]
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Partner & Funder Profiles
Reporting Organization
Women's Global Health Innovations
Participating Organizations
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Multilateral Organizations
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NGOs
Funders (Total Budget Contribution)
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Multilateral Organizations
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Location
Country - Total Budget Allocation
| Uganda - $ 200,000.00 (100.00%) |
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Areas of Focus
Health - Total Budget Allocation
| Adolescent Health (25 %) |
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| Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (25 %) |
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| Sexual Health & Rights (25 %) |
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Other - Total Budget Allocation
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Description
Worldwide, women and girls can often not manage their menstruation with dignity due to lack of adequate and private facilities as well as safe, acceptable and accessible menstrual health products and knowledge. These critical health challenges are further exacerbated during displacement and conflicts. In humanitarian and conflict-affected settings, menstrual health management (MHM) is often overlooked, as it is not considered urgent. Women’s Global Health Innovations (WGHI) developed an improved, innovative anti-microbial version of the Menstrual Cup, the Bfree menstrual cup
The Bfree pilot intervention aimed to introduce the Bfree anti-bacterial menstrual cups to adolescent girls through integration into the school’s program. The project was carried out over a period of 14 months. The aim of the intervention was to assess the acceptability and possible potential impacts of menstrual cups as an MHM method for girls in the refugee context. The primary target group was girls and boys in schools, teachers and health workers within the humanitarian context to promote a supportive environment in the school setting.
Project objectives:
1. Provide menstrual health education to both boys and girls in two schools in Adjumani District. 2. Provide a sustainable menstrual health management solution (Bfree cup) to girls in two intervention schools. 3. To provide sufficient education to secondary support individuals from the two schools and other stakeholders in the community 4. Ensure engagements of the boys at all levels of implementation with aim of reducing the stigma caused. 5. Assess the intervention using different monitoring and evaluation methods to determine whether the intervention is effective and can be scaled up.
Target Population
| Gender and age: |
Adult women
Adult men
Adolescent females
Adolescent males
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| Descriptors: |
Refugees
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| Total Direct Population: |
850 |
| Total Indirect Population: |
20,000 |
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Outputs
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WASH facilities improved |
| 13 |
Training of trainers conducted |
| 2 |
Water drains installed |
| 3 |
Latrines renovated |
| 458 |
Beneficiaries trained |
| 628 |
Evaluation forms and knowledge tests completed |
| 662 |
Bfree cup kits distributed |
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Results & Indicators
Expected Results
Unspecified
Achieved Results
The intervention consisted of pre-intervention exploratory visits, and inception meeting with key stakeholders, training of trainers, training of beneficiaries (both girls and boys) on MHM, distribution of a menstrual health kit containing a menstrual cup, and follow-up refreshers and M&E visits. In total, 10 local teachers, 2 War Child Canada staff, and 1 government officials were trained as trainers in menstrual health and 212 schoolgirls received training and a Bfree Cup Kit containing three different sized volume menstrual cups (10ml, 15ml & 25ml). The project improved the WASH facilities at the two intervention schools by repairing and renovating the handwashing facilities and ensuring access to water close to the toilet facilities. It also improved the knowledge on menstrual hygiene and menstrual cup usage for both boys and girls.
Indicators
SRHR-related Indicators
- # of health care service providers trained in SRHR services
- # of women and girls (age) provided with access to sexual and reproductive health services, including modern methods of contraception
SDG Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- SDG 3.7.1 Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
SDG Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- SDG 5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
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Associated Projects (If applicable)
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