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Le Projet AmplifyPF en Côte d’Ivoire: Sensibilisation des jeunes et adolescents sourds-muets d’Abobo sur la SR/PF

Du fait de leur handicap, les personnes sourdes-muettes ont un accès limité aux services de santé en général et ceux de la santé de la reproduction en particulier. Ceci est dû au fait que le personnel soignant de manière générale ne connaît pas le langage des signes et qu’il n’ait pas de dispositif dans les centres de santé pour palier à ce problème.

Dans le cadre du projet AmplifyPF financé par l’USAID et mis en œuvre par Pathfinder, l’initiative jeunes champions SR/PF a identifié et formé deux jeunes de la commune d’Abobo comme interprètes en langage des signes. Grâce à ces jeunes interprètes en langage des signes et jeunes champions SR/PF, les jeunes sourds-muets ont pu bénéficier des mêmes services que les jeunes ne vivant pas avec ce handicap. Selon leur association, le nombre de personnes en Côte d’Ivoire s’élève à environ 110 000 personnes et ne doivent pas être laissé pour compte.

D’excellents résultants ont été obtenus à travers des séances de sensibilisation. Joignez-vous au webinaire de la Côte d’Ivoire pour le partage des bonnes pratiques de cette approche.

  • Marthe Ahui, Chargée des Jeunes et du Genre, Pathfinder Côte d’Ivoire,
  • Dr Toure Oumar, Spécialiste en gestion de projet, USAID Côte d’Ivoire
  • Dr Hortense ME, Conseillère Technique Principale Santé de l’USAID, Bureau régional de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

The AmplifyPF Project in Côte d’Ivoire: Raising Awareness of Reproductive Health/Family Planning Among Deaf Youths and Adolescents in Abobo

People with disabilities, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, often face limited access to health services, particularly sexual and reproductive health services. This is, in part, due to the fact that health care staff are generally unfamiliar with sign language, and there are no facilities in health centers for addressing this problem.

As part of the AmplifyFP project funded by USAID and implemented by Pathfinder, the RH/FP Young Champions initiative identified and trained two young people from the Abobo commune as sign language interpreters. Thanks to these young sign language interpreters and young RH/FP champions, access to RH/FP services has increased for young deaf people in Abobo, Côte d’Ivoire. According to their association, there are around 110,000 people who could benefit from sign language interpretation when seeking RH/FP care.

Excellent results have been achieved through awareness-raising sessions. Join the Côte d’Ivoire webinar to share best practices in this approach.

  • Marthe Ahui, Youth and Gender Officer, Pathfinder Côte d’Ivoire
  • Dr. Toure Oumar, Project Management Specialist, USAID Côte d’Ivoire
  • Dr. Hortense ME, USAID Senior Health Advisor, West Africa Regional Office

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