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G H A N A

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The Ministry of Health in Ghana administers a female condom program. Female Condoms are also provided in this country through the donor organization UNFPA. (Links to thses websites are under Organizations below.) 

In 2002, with funding from the Danish International Agency (DANIDA), the Society of Women Against AIDS in Africa (SWAA), Ghana launched a programme to improve the reproductive health rights of women, as well as to increase the number of overall protected sexual acts, through the introduction of the female condom.  Although the main target group was women, the project sought to inform the Ghanaian population as a whole of the advantages of the female condom, emphasizing the dual role of the device as a barrier method against HIV/AIDS, STDs, and unwanted pregnancies. The project targeted one urban and rural centre in Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Volta and Western regions, selected on the basis of their high HIV prevalence rates.

In 2004 SWAA Ghana secured funds from the Ghana AIDS Commissions under the GARFUND 4th Call to undertake a one-year intensive promotion of the Female condom in the Greater Accra Region. For information on SWAA Ghana’s activities including a final evaluation of their 2002 campaign. (See link below under Studies & Projects in Ghana)

A Female Condom Promotion Committee was set up to develop a strategy and programme for the introduction of the female condom. Each cohort of the committee was able to use its expertise to reach their target audience. Ghana Health Services directed their efforts at reaching women in the urban population, whereas SWAA Ghana (Society for Women an AIDS in Africa) focused much more on the rural population.

Ghana Health Services Poster

 

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FC FEMALE CONDOM CASE STUDY &  SWAA PROMOTION PROJECT

 Case Study: FC female condom Experience in Ghana

Female Condom Promotion by SWAA Ghana

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ORGANISATIONS with PROGRAMS IN GHANA

Ministry of Health

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http://www.moh-ghana.org/

 

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

 
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http://www.unfpa.org/

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   FC Female Condom Case Study
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