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DREAMS: CCPF for Adolescents

CCPF for Adolescents was a two-year program that expanded Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF) – an existing mobile-based health hotline and message service in Malawi.

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Country

Malawi

Solution

Health Center By Phone

Topic

Adolescent health

Status

Complete

UPDATE: This program is no longer funded seperately to CCPF. LEARN MORE

Background

VillageReach’s DREAMS Program, CCPF for Adolescents, aimed to improve adolescent girls and young women’s access to age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information, services and commodities. The program worked in conjunction with VillageReach’s existing program, Chipatala cha pa Foni – Health Center by Phone, as a youth-friendly health service and broaden the influence of the Pharmacy Assistant Training Program to help build local facility-based youth friendly health services and supply chain management capacity.

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Press

VillageReach Wins DREAMS Innovation Challenge

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A Welcome Disruption

I like telling my fellow youth about the project because it has come at the right time. Most of the youth do not have much information on SRH, puberty, menstruation, contraceptives, or STIs. CCPF has also assisted me to understand sexual reproductive health and rights.”

– Taurai, CCPF Champion

Program Impact

DREAMS promoted youth friendly services in 2 districts (Machinga & Zomba)

CCPF For Adolescents— Call Volumes:

From Aug 2017-2018, there were 3211+ calls from adolescents (15-19) and youth (20-24) from Machinga & Zomba, of which 2888 were meaningful calls
54% of calls were from adolescents (15-19) & 46% from youth (20-24)
40% of meaningful calls have been to seek SRH information, another 6% about HIV prevention, and other calls about STI-related topics.
773 adolescent girls & young women (AGYW) chose to register for Tips & Reminders (T&Rs), of which 583 (75%) were for SRH-related T&Rs

Partners

Government

Government Ministry of Health (MoH)—Reproductive Health Directorate, HTSS- Pharmaceutical, District Health Offices (DHO) and Health Education Services

Technical Partners

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Island (PPGNHI)
DREAMS Innovations Challenge partners – FHI360, CAMFED, Save the Children, Badilika
DREAMS partners – One Community, and others