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The BMZ project supported refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Togo, in accessing quality sexual reproductive health care and in setting up income generating activities. Watch our video to find out how.

Fané Zara, a Central African Republic (CAR) refugee who lives in Cameroon, was forced to leave her country because of conflict and is now a volunteer helping her community access sexual and reproductive health care thanks to support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and The Cameroon National Planning Association for Family Welfare (CAMNAFAW) our Member Association in Cameroon. The BMZ project provided sexual and reproductive health care to 317 000 people in Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Togo – 62% of whom were refugees or internally displaced people.

  Ce film divertissant et instructif explique les surprises que réserve la puberté aux jeunes garçons. Les adolescents découvriront par eux-mêmes ce qui va leur arriver durant ces années délicates et pourtant cruciales. Les parents et les éducateurs y trouveront aussi des clés pour communiquer avec les enfants sur ces sujets épineux avec facilité. Ce film a été produit par le Bureau Régional Afrique de la Fédération Internationale pour le Planification Familiale en collaboration avec AMAZE et les membres du Mouvement d’action des Jeunes de l’ATBEF au Togo, de l'ABPF au Bénin et de la CAMNAFAW au Cameroun, avec le soutien d’Affaires Mondiale Canada.

Ce film divertissant et instructif explique les surprises que réserve la puberté aux jeunes filles. Les adolescentes découvriront par elles-mêmes ce qui va leur arriver durant ces années délicates et pourtant cruciales. Les parents et les éducateurs y trouveront aussi des clés pour communiquer avec les enfants sur ces sujets épineux avec facilité. Ce film a été produit par le Bureau Régional Afrique de la Fédération Internationale pour le Planification Familiale en collaboration avec AMAZE et les membres du Mouvement d’action des Jeunes de l’ATBEF au Togo, de l'ABPF au Benin et la CAMNAFAW au Cameroun, avec le soutien d’Affaires Mondiales Canada.

The COVID-19 pandemic put tremendous pressure on the healthcare sector, with governments diverting their resources to COVID-19 prevention and treatment measures. It severely affected routine service delivery in health facilities, with some essential services, such as sexual reproductive healthcare not being accorded the priority they deserve. Many health facilities scaled down on their regular services, with some suspending services or shutting down some clinics altogether. Government lockdowns and movement restrictions led to low uptake of clients in health facilities, a situation further compounded by people’s anxieties about contracting the virus in health centers. As a result, many adolescent girls, women in the reproductive age group, men and young people were unable to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services at their regular health facilities. These services included contraceptives, ante-natal, safe delivery and post-natal care services, HIV & AIDS services, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) treatment and management, among other services. International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) Member Associations (MAs) which offer quality and affordable Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services were not spared either, and to address this, had to be innovative in their response. In Cameroon, IPPF’s Member Association in the country - Cameroon National Association for Family Welfare (CAMNAFAW) – decided to respond to the sharp decline in clients seeking services at its facilities by adopting an innovative home-based service delivery approach. This strategy enabled CAMNAFAW to continue offering much-needed reproductive healthcare services to its clients during the pandemic. Download the complete case study here: Adopting a Home-based Service Delivery Approach in Cameroon