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ACODEV with support from the Erik. E & Edith. H  Bergestrom Foundation is working closely with communities, local leaders, health workers providing Community Based Family Planning (CBFP) in Kasese District. The intervention has taken on a VHT approach; Village Health Teams are experienced community health workers comprehensively trained in providing  Family Planning services; currently a total of 87 VHTs trained from Bugoye, Kittswmba, Muhokya and Kyabarungira Sub counties are already playing a huge role in increasing the access to Family Planning counseling sessions to women and men. The VHTs are administering short acting Family Planning methods (Depo-Provera, Sayana Press, contraceptive pills, Condoms) and linking the clients that need referral to the health facilities for Long Acting/Permanent Family Planning methods.

The VHTs  are reaching out to clients in their homes through household visits.This approach is greatly reducing the gap between the need and access to Family Planning and has gone a long way in demystifying the myths and misconceptions about Family Planning among the community members. The adolescents are among those that are greatly benefiting from the services that are being offered by the VHTs. Each one of us has a contribution towards reducing the unmet need for Family Planning, no matter who you are, where you are and what you do, #PlayYourPart.

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