CBRH Program
In six years, with support from Golden Gate Community Health (formerly Planned Parenthood Golden Gate), EECMY has successfully expanded the reach of its CBRH program from 300 rural villages in southwest Ethiopia to 1,300. In the wake of the Global Gag Rule, GGCH's technical assistance, medical supplies, and funding filled a critical gap. Together our partnership increased not only the number of volunteer agents providing health education and services, but also their knowledge base and impact. For example, a substantial GGCH donor grant enabled comprehensive and continuing agent trainings, expanded family planning service delivery, wider distribution of medical supplies, and motorbikes for program supervisors. This contribution is critical in a country where only 13% of women and 17% of men now use contraceptives. Yet over 45% of adults would choose to use family planning services to space or limit childbearing—if only those services were available.
CBRH Health EducationAgents now provide education to thousands of Ethiopian adults, adolescents, and children about critical health issues:
CBRH Health ServicesAgents also supply direct medical services to communities with virtually no other support:
Impact
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