Mary Buhenyenge (Community Volunteer CV) at Nyawilimilwa ward in Geita DC conducting IPC session to pregnant women and their partners (NAWEZA Adult Platform)

Youths (aged 15-24) at Katoma Ward arranging steps of using condom during supportive supervision in their IPC sessions (SITETEREKI platform)

CODERT project aims to catalyze opportunities for Communities to improve their health status by

Transforming socio-cultural norms and supporting people to adopt healthier behaviors. The project uses social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and other approaches to achieve the following results:

-Improved ability of individuals to practice healthy behaviors

- Strengthened community support for healthy behaviors

- Improved systems for coordination and implementation of SBCC interventions

The preventive approach is realized in terms of household and environmental sanitation, hygiene and nutritional consciousness

-Health interventions is geared to primary and community based health care, activities included public health awareness campaigns training courses for health care delivery personnel provision of delivery kits, immunization of mothers, and children against the six infant killer disease.

Besides health and sanitation we are also involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, Family Planning, Reproductive and Maternal Health and control among the communities we serve. Our goals are to reduce infant mortality rates and malnutrition rates and raise the average immunization rates

The USAID Tulonge Afya project catalyzes opportunities for Tanzanians to improve their health status by transforming socio-cultural norms and supporting the adoption of healthier behaviors. By addressing key social and cultural norms and social behavior change (SBC) needs, USAID Tulonge Afya identifies the drivers of behaviors directly tied to health and leverages social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and other mutually-reinforcing approaches to achieve the following results:

The overall goal was to improve ability of individuals to practice healthy behaviors and to strengthen community support for health behaviors

In addressing the particular needs for adolescents and youth (ages 15-24), with targeted interventions appropriate for specific audiences’ age, relationship, and parity status on :

1. Delay first sex
2. Use condom consistently and correctly at every sex
3. Talk with their partners about FP use
4. Seek appropriate counseling and information on FP options and/or side effects
5. Use a modern contraceptive method to delay first birth until after the age of 18

Peer champions from Geita DC were oriented on the Family planning. The training takes one package of Modern ways of family planning orientation of SITETEREKI youth platform