EMPOWER
Brief about The EMPOWER Project
Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER) is a UK Government funded program whose goal is to reduce preventable maternal, neonatal, and child deaths while empowering women and girls through informed FP choices.
The program that will run for 5 years in Uganda across 80 districts (50 districts in the 1st Phase) is being implemented by Pathfinder along with four other consortium partners including Baylor Uganda, Community for Development foundation Uganda(CDFU), Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum(UYAHF) and The Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda (AOGU).
Objectives
- Strengthen public sector health systems capacity to deliver maternal health/FP services
- Mentor health workers in MH/FP.
- Increase demand for MH/FP services.
- Address harmful practices and gender norms.
Technical Approach: Health systems Strengthening & leveraging existing structures such as DHT , Regional referral hospitals for integrated, adaptive & responsive care.
Target population : AGYW, WRA, PLHIV , PLWDs, Men & boys, people living in poverty , Refugees, communities in hard-to-reach areas