Bajenu Gox: A Community Approach to Maternal and Child Health in Senegal (IMCHA)
This project will examine how to strengthen the Bajenu Gox Initiative's contribution to improving maternal and child health across Senegal. Former President Abdoulye Wade founded this community-based health worker program to train women to be leaders in reproductive health. Based on the Wolof term for godmother, the Bajenu Gox Initiative provides support to women during the prenatal, delivery, and post-natal periods. It also provides advice about caring for children under 5.
Community support for women
This project aims to improve the Bajenu Gox Initiative's long-term stability at the community level and establish systems that will allow the program to scale up nationally.
Researchers will use a community development approach based on a gender and social equity perspective to examine how to enhance the initiative's contribution. The research is structured in two phases:
-literature searches on holistic community-based maternal and child health approaches that have been tested in Senegal and other African countries, and possibly in Canada
-intervention research based on the findings in this literature
The project team will share the results through
-situation assessment and economic feasibility studies
-training materials
-a guide on how to effectively manage the initiative
-documentary to highlight the initiative's impacts
-scientific publications
-presentations at international conferences
Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa
This project is part of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa program, a seven-year $36 million initiative funded by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Project ID
108035
Project Status
Completed
End Date
Duration
54 months
IDRC Officer
Nafissatou Diop
Total Funding
CA$ 794,250.00
Location
Senegal
Programs
Global Health
Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa
Institution Country
Senegal
Project Leader
Rosalie A. Diop
Institution
Action et Developpement
Institution Website
Outputs
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Analyse des effets de l’intervention du projet Bajenu Gox sur l’utilisation des services de santé maternelle néonatale et infantile dans les postes de santé : Abattoirs, Ndagane, Diaoulé, Ndandé et Parcelles Assainies Unité 4 Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane Language: French |
Analyse du rôle social & des motivations intrinsèques de la Bajenu Gox Études
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane Language: French |
Évaluation de la pérennité et du passage à l’échelle du projet Bajenu Gox Études
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane Language: French |
Rapport d'etude du pouvoir d'agir des Bajenu Gox Études
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane Language: French |
Capacité d’agir de la Bajenu Gox Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane, Konté, Saïdou, Diouf, Fatou, Faye, Ahmadou Bamba Language: French |
Penser la question de la motivation des Bajenu Gox … ! : les activités génératrices de revenus, un gage d’accomplissement de la mission des Bajenu Gox Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane, Konté, Saïdou, Diouf, Fatou, Faye, Ahmadou Bamba, Sakho, Mamadou Language: French |
Bajenu Gox au coeur de la santé de la mère et de l’enfant : profil idéal et motivations intrinsèques Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Oumar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane, Gassama, Fatou Kébé, Ndaw, Mbarka Language: French |
Mobalisation du leadership des Bajenu Gox pour une transformation des normes de genre et une utilisation des services de santé maternelle Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar Language: French |
Évaluation du processus de pérennisation et de la pérennité du projet Bajenu Gox (BG) Dossiers
Author(s): Diop, Rosalie Aduayi, Samb, Oumar Mallé, Sarr, Omar, Sarr, Samba Cor, Athie, Cheikh Tidiane, Gassama, Fatou Kébé, Konté, Saïdou, Ndaw, Mbarka, Diouf, Fatou, Faye, Mamadou Bamba, Sakho, Mamadou Language: French |