Nigeria
Driving sustainability and national ownership of sexual reproductive health programmes through supportive legal, financial and policy frameworks
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Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar , Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, ZambiaImproved the ability of citizens and civil society to increase the accountability and responsiveness of the health system
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NigeriaE4A-MamaYe has been working across sub-Saharan Africa since 2012. We contribute to saving the lives of mothers and babies through a strategic combination of evidence, action and accountability.
Strengthening the stewardship and coordination role of federal and state governments for an effective, multi-sectoral and evidence-based HIV and AIDS response
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NigeriaImproving health outcomes for the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria by increasing resources for health, improving public and private basic health services and increasing use of contraception.
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NigeriaConducting PEER studies to inform the design of family planning and reproductive health services
Evaluating projects to promote safe motherhood and improve maternal and newborn health to generate recommendations and learn lessons for future project design
Gathering Evidence and Finding Solutions for Scaling up Access for MNCH Products in LMICs
Improving access and delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services by designing and testing innovations
Using quality data to inform decision makers and health service providers to catalyse change and improve quality of care
Reducing maternal, newborn and child deaths by increasing access to quality services
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NigeriaOur experts
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Marleen VellekoopMarleen is a health governance specialist with over 14 years of experience in the international development sector. She has held leadership and advisory roles on public health projects in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. She brings experience in health data systems, reproductive health and health security. At present she is Project Director for MamaYe! project which fosters advocacy partnerships that make health systems more accountable to women's needs.
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Ronke AtamewalenRonke is a public health nurse/midwife committed to improving access to safe, sustainable, high-quality reproductive health services for women and girls. With over 20 years’ experience in clinical and preventive interventions in the public, private and NGO sectors, Ronke’s technical expertise includes institutional capacity building, health system strengthening and quality assurance. She is currently responsible for Clinical Quality Assurance.
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Amina Ahmad-ShehuAmina is a public health expert with over 25 years’ experience working in complex, low-resource settings in the government and non-governmental sectors providing leadership and technical support to ensure the delivery of quality health and development services. She is focused on building a solid platform for er team and their various programmes, to meaningfully contribute to the development and strengthening of Nigeria’s health system.
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Esther AgbonEsther has over 17 years’ experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects in Nigeria. She has demonstrated ability in establishing and building multi-stakeholder accountability mechanisms and collaborations with government. She is passionate about unlocking financing bottlenecks and influencing policies for improved maternal new born health. Esther currently provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for effective/efficient implementation of the Evidence for Action – MamaYe, project in Nigeria.
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Michael OlawuyiMichael is a health system strengthening expert with special interest in health financing and policy. He leads the Sustainability output comprising health financing and accountability pathways for the WISH programme in Nigeria. Michael believes that Universal Health Coverage is attainable in resource-constrained countries and has provided technical assistance to national and subnational Governments in Nigeria on this subject over the last decade.
News
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Friday, 4 Mar 2022COVID-19 has disrupted essential healthcare services worldwide. This study identifies how the pandemic has affected maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021To me ‘be bold for change’ means defying tradition and status quo for changes that benefit women.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021Nwachukwu Kelechukwu (Lucky) is a young #endFGM campaigner and a member of The Girl Generation's Strategic Advisory Group.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021Advocacy for health sector changes in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) should be locally driven. Find out how our Evidence for Action (E4A)-MamaYe team has been working to increase local advocates' power over policy decisions in the sector.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programme (MNCH2) is working to improve maternal neonatal and health outcomes in Northern Nigeria by setting up Village Health Committees.
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Monday, 16 Aug 2021E4A-MamaYe supports coalitions and CSOs to access and use tools such as political economy analysis to drive their advocacy agendas. Find out how this approach has worked in Kenya and Nigeria.
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Job titleAssistant Director of Programmes - maternity cover (12 months)Location:London, UK, Nairobi, Kenya, Abuja, NigeriaClosing date:Sunday, 5 June, 2022Contract type:12 month fixed term maternity coverThe ADoP supports the Director of Programmes in the development, direction and strategic management and operational oversight of Options’ portfolio of programmes.
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Job titleProgramme Delivery OfficerLocation:London, UK, Nairobi, Kenya, Abuja, NigeriaClosing date:Sunday, 29 May, 2022Contract type:Full-time, permanentOptions seeks a Programme Delivery Officer (PDO) who is an experienced and knowledgeable programme management professional. The PDO will provide inputs and guidance to programme management colleagues across Options’ portfolio. In addition, the PDO will be responsible for developing and integrating tools and systems aligned with our approach to project cycle management.