Health Department – Boka Haven

Menstrual Hygiene Management

Our main aim is to ensure that young adolescent girls have access to menstrual hygiene products such as sanitary towels and period underwear and general.

Objectives

To create awareness among girls and adolescents about menstrual hygiene.
To provide access to menstrual products for school going girls.
To ensure quality education through keeping girls in schools even when they are having their periods.
To ensure good health and well-being of women and girls by preventing infections that can lead reproductive tract infections and affect their well-being.

Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

Aims at ensuring that girls, boys and women have access to universal healthcare and have their sexual and reproductive rights irrespective of their class, gender, ethnic background and education.

Objectives

To reduces cases of child marriages
To create awareness of different SRHR needs for both women and girls
To reduces and prevent transmission of sexually transmitted infections such as STIs and HIV and AIDS, maternal mortality rates and harmful cultural practices.
To strengthen advocacy and to ensure that sexual reproductive health needs are met.
To increase the access and utilization of SRHR information and services amongst women and girls.

Family Planning

Aims at increasing contraceptives prevalence among youths and vulnerable families to improve their access to family planning commodities and to improve their livelihoods.

Objectives

To improve women’s health and reducing infant mortality rates
To reduce adolescent and teenage pregnancy
To create awareness through educating and empowering people on the importance of family planning
To reduce options for unsafe abortions among youths and young mothers.
To reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and infections

Mental Health

Aims to improving the health and livelihood of people affected by mental disorders by engaging these people in income generating activities,

Objectives

To advocate for policies that help in ensuring access to high quality and evidence -based mental health and substance abuse services.
To offer helpful, accurate information and guides that empower community members to get help and support needed
Create awareness about mental health and to change the way people view mental illness and to eliminate associated stigma through education and advocacy
To empower and equip people with mental health disorders with different skills through trainings.