Cholera Mitigation through CHCs in Manicaland Zimbabwe: Final Report 2014
Final Report submitted to USAID Grant Number AID-613-G-12-00001 Complied by Andrew Muringaniza, Regis Matimati & Juliet Waterkeyn May 2014 Final Report
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2014. USAID Cholera Mitigation Final Report
Full Report click here Project Area: This project took place in three districts of Zimbabwe, Chimanimani, Chipinge and Mutare in 2013. It was a one year emergency project funded directly to Zimbabwe AHEAD by USAID. It was an exceptionally successful project given the short implementation time of 8 months and resulted in 380 CHCs with …
Cholera Mitigation through Community Health Clubs: Zimbabwe 2012-2013
Donor: USAID (direct funding) Districts: Mutare, Chimanimani and Chipinge Number of Project Wards : 23 Number of beneficiaries: 811,451 Number of CHC Members: 15,911 Cost of Project: US$ 506,316 Cost per Beneficiary: US$2.34 Start and end Date: October 2012- September 2013 Goal: To improve hygiene and sanitation practices and to sustainably reduce the risk …
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Cholera Mitigation Case Study
Community Health Clubs were started in Mutare, Zimbabwe in an effort to combat the rapid spread of Cholera in Zimbabwe in 2009. This is an inspiring account of how well mobilised women were able to role back this deadly threat and prevent any daths from cholera in this high risk area. The paper presented at …
Handwashing in bus termini in Harare to prevent spread of Cholera
Name of programme: Cholera Mitigation through Handwashing at Bus Termini in Harare Details of Programme: Donor: ACF District: Harare Urban Suburbs: Bus Termini Beneficiaries: 110,000 Market place/Church CHCs: 20 Cost of Project: US$32,557 Cost per Beneficiary: US$ 1 Start Date: October 2018 End Date: November 2018 Objective of Programme: The Cholera outbreak which started once …
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Emergency WASH following Cholera Outbreak
Name of programme: Emergency WASH following Cholera Outbreak: Partner: Action Contra la Faim Dates: April 2019 - Area: Chipinge: wards 12 & 20 Budget: US$ 75,000 Number of CHCs: 20 Number of CHC members: 1,363 Number of School Heath Clubs: 10 Number of pupils: 506 Number of Beneficiaries: 30,340 Number of staff: 3 Cost per beneficiary: US$4.14 …
Publications on Zimbabwe
Waterkeyn JAV, Matimati, R Muringniza A, Chingono A, Ntakarutimana N, Ktatbarwa J, Bigirmana Z, Pantoglou J, Waterkeyn A, Cairncross, S. (2020) Comparative Assessment of Hygiene Behaviour change and cost-effectiveness of Community Health Clubs in Rwanda and Zimbabwe. In Healthcare Access: Regional Overviews. Ed. Bacha U, Rozman U, Turk,SS. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen77967. Download poster: 2019 Waterkeyn et al. …
CHCs started
Year Partner Donor ZIMBABWE New CHCs Number of CHC members Achievement Beneficiaries 1999 -2001 MoH DANIDA Makoni 285 Health Promotion & IGs 1999 -2001 MoH DFID Tsholotsho 35 Health promo water & san 1999 -2001 MoH DFID Gutu 85 Health promotion water & san 2002-2004 LEAD FAO Makoni – 5,000 nutrition gardens 60,000 2008-2010 Mercy …
Siphiwe Mpofu
Name and highest qualification: Siphiwe Mpofu M.Sc. Designated role in Africa AHEAD: Programme Manager Date of joining Organisation: 2012 Summary of expertise: Siphiwe first impressed the Founders in 1999 when they met her as a District Social Support Officer in the first CHC project being undertaken in Tsholotsho. She completed her Post Graduate Diploma with …
CURRENT PROGRAMMES
Upgrading Health Care Facilities for Covid 19 isolation facilities. Africa AHEAD is now fully engaged in reconstrctioin of 23 health care facilities across Zimbabwe in four Provinces. This involves upgrading unhygienic and disfunctional washing facilities in these Health Centres, by replacing broken toilets and handwashing facilities for patients and staff. With the threat of Covid …
Current Programmes
In 2019 / 2020 we are operating in five districts: MAKONI DISTRICT Wards 5,6, 7, 19,20 : Self-Supply of Water CHIPINGE RURAL - Wards 2, 9 & 14: Cyclone Relief with Christian Aid Wards 12 & 20: Emergency WASH after Cyclone with ACF CHIPINGE URBAN Unicef Urban Resilience Program GWANDA URBAN Unicef Urban Resilience Program HARARE Cholera Mitigation through …
More Disaster for Zimbabwe as Cyclone makes Thousands Homeless
The Cyclone IDAI induced storm that caused heavy winds, flooding and landslides has caused devastating effects on the mostly Chimanimani district and other surrounding areas of Manicaland province. Reports have it that a total of 98 deaths have occurred and at least 217 people are reportedly missing, 42 people are still marooned in other area …
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Africa San Conference 2019
Africa AHEAD combined with the World Bank to host a session at the Africa San Conference in Cape Town in March 2019 entitled Enhancing sanitation and hygiene investments for human development impact in Africa The Water Global Practice of the World Bank Group has invested heavily in understanding the impact of sanitation and water …
The power of Common Unity highlighted in TED Talks
The Community Health Model alters health norms and raises social capital levels by providing a platform for people to communicate new cultures of health. This, in turn, reduces disease incidence and prevalence. A public health professional with over ten years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating international health and development programs, Jason Rosenfeld began …
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2013 UNC Waterkeyn J
University of North Carolina Cholera Mitigation through Community Health Clubs (USAID/OFDA) 2013.10.USAID_AHEAD_ Chimanimani CHCs
FINAL REPORTS
This page provides links to Final Project Reports to different Donors from major projects and consultancies since 2000. 1. ZIMBABWE 2001.2. DFID Final Report 2001.2. DFID Logframe Report 2002.4. Annual Report.2001 2005.NZ Aid Report. JW 2006. ZIMBABWE AHEAD ASSESSMENT 2006.Mercy Corps Evaluation_AW 2007 10. Zimbabwe_Mercy Corps. Mid Term Report 2006_Zimbabwe_ Mercy Corps_BLF. Final Report 2007 …
Zimbabwe, Masvingo Town
PROJECT AIM: to provide public health promotion, cholera mitigation and emergency preparedness in Masvingo Urban through Community Health Clubs. Wards 1 – 10 of Masvingo Urban were selected which were high density suburbs and informal settlements. To assist with implementation, nine Community and ten School Based Facilitators were selected and graduated after an intensive five …
Zimbabwe, Mutare Town
Download Case Study Cholera Mitigation in Urban Areas Background: One of the worst outbreaks of Cholera occurred in Zimbabwe between August 2008 and May 2009. To appreciate the seriousness of this epidemic it is salutary to compare a regular cholera outbreaks where it is usually estimated that 0.2'1% of the local population will contract …
Zimbabwe, Mutare Town
COMMUNITY HEALTH CLUBS IN A TIME OF CHOLERA In 2008 Zimbabwe AHEAD played its part in the national cholera emergency, by galvanising communities to protect themselves from this killer disease through the training in Community Health Clubs (CHCs). Whist in normal circumstances, Community Health Clubs in Zimbabwe have a six month course of 24 health …
Zimbabwe, Chipinge
Project Title: Cholera Mitigation through Community Health Clubs Objective: Community Capacity and Resilience Building to WASH related diseases The project covered 3 districts: 15 rural wards of Chimanimani, Chipinge and in 8 urban wards of Chikanga and Dangamvura suburbs in Mutare. In 3 months of working with the all stakeholders, i.e. RDCs, Government departments in …