The Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, in collaboration with ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ (๐๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ (๐๐๐), conducted a two-day residential refresher training for 30 community mobilizers drawn from the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Rivers State.
The training, held from 21st to 22nd October 2026 at Galaxy LA Palm Royal Resorts, was organized to strengthen community-level demand generation activities under the Discovering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) 2.2 Project.
The training aimed to enhance participants' knowledge and capacity in the following key areas:
- Sayana Press: Strengthening participants' knowledge and understanding of Sayana Press as a self-injectable contraceptive option.
- Family Planning: Improving general knowledge of family planning methods, benefits, and service delivery.
- Effective Communication: Building participants' communication skills to promote better understanding, address misconceptions, and improve community acceptance of family planning services.
- Community-to-Facility Referrals: Strengthening referral linkages between communities and health facilities to improve access to and uptake of family planning services.
A total of 30 community mobilizers participated in the training, with over 70% female representation.
The training provided an opportunity to refresh participants' knowledge, strengthen their community engagement and interpersonal communication skills, and equip them with the necessary tools to effectively mobilize community members, generate demand, and facilitate referrals for increased uptake of family planning services across the 23 LGAs of Rivers State.
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