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TFHO donates waterpurification tablets

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Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous injection (DMPA- SC) is a new form of injectable contraception that promises to increase access to contraceptives and support Ghana meet its FP2020 commitments. DMPA-SC is administered every 3 months and consists of a single-use prefilled injection system that allows women the option to self-inject, thereby taking full charge of their family planning needs.

This new injectable is an added value to the current FP method mix providing women across Ghana with the opportunity to access injectable contraceptives in a private, safe setting as well as addressing proximity to and waiting times in health facilities.

These trained health care workers now have the proficiency to administer DMPA-SC to clients and to train clients who opt to self-inject. Over a five-month period,

TFHO in contr ibut ing to the nationwide scale-up of DMPA-SC, worked closely with the Ghana Health Service to provide clinical training to build the capacity of community health nurses and midwives in the private sector.

TFHO has successfully trained two hundred and five (205) health workers from one hundred and two (102) private health facilities in six regions (Ashanti, Bono, Western, Cen t ra l , G rea te r Ac c ra and Northern) as par t of in i t ia l preparations for the scale-up.

TFHO received an initial amount of

10,000 unijects from the Ghana Health

Serv ice . The commodit ies are

presently being delivered to the

selected facilities within which the

health workers were trained.

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TFHO commemoratesWorld Toilet Day

Nationwide Scale-upof DMPA-SC use

COMMEMORATION�OF�WORLD�TOILET�DAY,� THNOVEMBER�19 ,�2019

TFHO�DONATES�WATER�PURIFICATION�TABLETS�TO�FLOOD�VICTIMS�IN�THE�UPPER�EAST�REGION

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thTFHO participated in this year's World Toilet Day celebration held on the 19 of November. The occasion was

commemorated by the Organisation in partnership with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources as well

as other development partners. The theme for this year's commemoration in Ghana was “Leaving no one

behind”. The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources embarked on community outreach programs in the La

Dade-Kotopon Municipal Area within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

In addition, TFHO held several activities to commemorate the day, including a SATO pan product activation in the Dodowa market to encourage purchase of SATO pans, commissioning of a SATO pan toilet model facility at Chorkor, all within the Greater Accra region.

TFHO also featured on CITI TV's Breakfast Show to

educate the general public on open defecation and

its associated adverse health implications.

TFHO, in partnership with Health TopUp Services

Limited donated 96,000 water purification

tablets to Ghana's National Disaster Management

Organization (NADMO) as part of relief items to

flood victims in the region. The water purification

tablets, under the brand name Aquatabs, are

chlorine-based and kills harmful micro-organisms

in water thereby making it safe for consumption.

In October this year, six consecutive days of

to r ren t ia l ra in fa l l devas ta ted severa l

communities across fifteen districts in Ghana's

Upper East region, leaving behind a trail of

destruction. The heavy downpour is estimated to

have displaced tens of thousands.

The donated tablets will purify approximately

1,920,000 liters of water for flood victims in the

affected areas. The water purification tablets were

handed over to NADMO officials at their headquarters

in Kanda - Accra by the TFHO team.

The Director-General of NADMO who received the

donation described it as timely and stated that it

would save lives and prevent the spread of diseases

such as Cholera after the disaster.