ADOLESCENT SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN JUNIOR&SENIOR SCHOOLS IN THE HO MUNICIPALITY

 There is profound lack of sexual health knowledge among the youth in Ho Municipality indicated by increase in teenage pregnancy and unknown STI and HIV/AIDS status.

Blue-med Africa has deemed its necessary to carry the following programmes in the Junior and Senior High Schools and the communities at large equip the adolescent with knowledge on their sexual and reproductive health, decrease the number of STI/HIV cases and teenage pregnancy by advocating for safer sex practices.

ACTIVITIES:

      Distributing of questionnaires to students in the first and second cycle schools in the Ho municipality to understand their current sexual health knowledge and attitudes

      Analysis of questionnaires to identify knowledge gaps

      Training of peer educators in the first & second cycle schools and communities in Ho municipality

      Holding of monthly outreach and sexual health educational talks in the schools and communities

      Follow up visits to schools to supervise the work of the peer educators

      Encourage voluntary counseling and testing