Promote access to sexual and reproductive health information and health care and services
Main beneficiary country:Togo
AV-JEUNES/eCENTRE CONVIVIAL
"AV-Jeunes", the Association of Volunteers for the Promotion of Young People, is a non-profit organisation born from the initiative of several young Togolese in 2004 who wish to take action for the youth of their country. It takes action in the field of sexual and reproductive health (SRH), as well as promoting gender equity and women's entrepreneurship. At the request of several partners, they are creating Youth Centres in several regions of Togo. Over the last 3 years, its main actions have focused on the provision of SRH services through HIV testing, consultations, STI treatment in schools and family planning through advanced strategies.
In 2017, the team decided to change its practices and take a digital turn in order to take advantage of the technological leap brought on by the Internet and the development of applications. Their goal was to improve the accessibility of its services and to reach out to the young people of their country as much as possible. It is finally developing the eCentre Convivial project inaugurated in January 2018.
Sector: Organizational: Communities, public authorities, NGOs, associations, foundations, etc.
Country of origin: Togo
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According to the 2017-2022 PNDS (National Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol), the health problems affecting young people and adolescents are mainly sexual and reproductive health problems, including STIs and HIV. In this age group, there is an early pregnancy rate of 17%. Moreover, according to the EDST III (Demographic and Health Survey in Togo), 40% of pregnant women did not complete the 4 antenatal consultations and for 39% of pregnant women, they were not assisted by qualified health personnel during labour. All of these problems appear to be related to a lack of information and the persistence of risk behaviours among young people and adolescents. eConvivial therefore proposes to use ICTs to facilitate access to health information.
eCentre Convivial aims to provide the population with access to Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services. It is based on a web and mobile application to improve the daily well-being of young women of childbearing age, pregnant women and their infants. Throughout the entire Togo health system, there are many great applications but there is no application specifically designed to monitor the health of the population. This fundamental difference from existing solutions is recognised by partners such as the Ministry of Health, UNDP and the Global Fund as an innovative eHealth solution.
Accessible on https://www.econvivial.org and in Google Play store, eConvivial offers services with:
Health professional training - Telemedicine (remote diagnosis and consultations) - Information, education and communication for behaviour change (IEC) - Patient monitoring and medical data
7613 Number of beneficiaries since launch
413 Number of users per Day
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Organizational: Communities, public authorities, NGOs, associations, foundations, etc.
Organizational: Communities, public authorities, NGOs, associations, foundations, etc.
Organizational: Communities, public authorities, NGOs, associations, foundations, etc.
Organizational: Communities, public authorities, NGOs, associations, foundations, etc.
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