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Options has a long track record of working in East Africa. See below for examples of Options’ recent work in the region.
Kenya
- Support to the Reproductive Health Division in Kenya. Options managed a GTZ-funded (German Agency for Technical Cooperation) programme of support to Kenya’s Ministry of Health Division of Reproductive Health as well as faith-based and civil society organisations and their networks in the areas of reproductive and adolescent sexual health, 2008–2010. Options provided support to policy formulation and strategic planning; performance monitoring; grant management and disbursement; capacity strengthening; resource mobilisation and coordination and operational research.
- Condom Social Marketing Strategy. Options provided technical assistance to the Kenyan Ministry of Health and German Development Cooperation to develop a comprehensive social marketing strategy for branded condoms (SURE condoms).
Tanzania
- Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research was undertaken with male and female adolescents to understand their perceptions of dual protection and risk within sexual relationships in Tanzania.
- Research for maternal health advocacy plan. Options led a mapping and research study to inform development of an advocacy campaign for MDGs 4 and 5. On behalf of DFID, Norad, Gates Foundation, UNFPA and the PMNCH, Options interviewed a wide range of government, media and civil society stakeholders to identify capacity and resources for advocacy, identifying advocacy opportunities, advocacy entry points at multiple levels, and potential challenges and responses to mitigate them.
- Support to expansion of condom social marketing programme. Options assisted Marie Stopes International's expansion of its condom social marketing programme. Options assessed opportunities for expansion of the contraceptive social marketing portfolio and what was required in terms of financial resources and capacity building.
- Evaluation of Students Partnership Worldwide Tanzania. Options conducted the final evaluation to assess how far the project has achieved its project objective, and what development impact it has had on the project communities over the lifespan of the project.
- Evaulation of the Innovative Approaches to Maternal and Child Health Services in the HIV/AIDS Climate programme. Options undertook end and mid-term review of the project. The project goal was to improve the health status of women and children in communities in Morogoro Municipality and Iringa Rural district in Tanzania.
Uganda
- Study on the Impact of HIV and AIDS in Fishing Communities. Options led the situation assessment of the impact of HIV and AIDS on fishing communities in Uganda, funded by DFID. This led to Options’ involvement in the design of a national strategic response, and its implementation plan. As a result of the study, fishing communities have now been incorporated into the Uganda AIDS Commission's National Strategic Plan as a major vulnerable community.
Rwanda
- Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research
was used to inform the design of gender sensitive family planning and reproductive health programmes and policies. The research also formed the basis for the design of a quantitative tool to monitor gender norms in the population and how they affect family planning and reproductive health decision making among young married couples.
Ethiopia
- Annual Review of DKT Ethiopia sexual and reproductive health commodities social marketing project. Options led the annual review of the joint DFID, Irish Aid and the Royal Netherlands Embassy funded DKT Ethiopia sexual and reproductive health commodities social marketing project.
- Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research
was used to provide a broader understanding of the social and economic context in which reproductive health decision-making takes place in Ethiopia, including gender dynamics and relationships.
Sudan
- Options worked with the Connecting Health Research Africa Ireland Consortium (CHRAIC) to finalise a Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research
study design, and prepare and carry out a Peer Researcher Training Workshop for groups of previously-identified peer researchers. The objectives of the research were to: gain an in-depth understanding of how women make the decision to seek maternal health care in an area of post conflict Sudan; identify the barriers to accessing maternal health care services; identify the coping strategies used by pregnant women with crises who survived without going to health facilities; and examine the role of providers in the traditional health system in the process of maternal health care in an area of post conflict Sudan.
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