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Centre for Health, Education & Development Communication (CHEDCOM), Nigeria
Legal Status: Registered NGO in Nigeria
Mission Statement/Goal:
To improve the lives of community members through the use of IEC, Training and Provision of essential support for the well-being of the people.
Contact Information
Contact person: Mrs Wumi Sina-Falana
Address: P.O.Box 10382, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: 234-1-470 2486
Fax: 234 1 4925 675
E-mail: chedcom@yahoo.com
Description of services provided:
We carry out preventive campaigns on HIV/AIDS, maternal, mortality & morbidity, contraceptives, pre- & post test counselling for HIV/AIDS, provision of care & support for PLWAS at the community level.
Organizational History
Year started: 1999
Structure: Headed by the Executive Director, there is the preventive & mobilization unit, care & support unit, community support as well as the youth department which provides skills for out-of-school youths.
Employees/volunteers: 50 volunteers and 12 full-time staff
Working languages: English and Yoruba
Other organizational history: We have recently completed a one year anti-HIV/AIDS campaign & mobilization project in a rural community in southwest Nigeria amongst out-of-school youths who are artisans. The project was sponsored the International Family Health, U.K.
Experience working with the private sector/ references:
Much of our activities have been sponsored by Zoomota Nigeria LTED, a pharmaceutical company, Kemsway Haulage Services.
Other relevant information:
We are willing to collaborate with well meaning private organizations in fighting the scourge of HIV in Nigeria. | | | | Interventions | | Care | | Community | | Prevention | | VTC | |
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