Medecins du Monde (MdM) Family Planning Facilitator Jobs in Nigeria

Medecins du Monde (MdM) Family Planning Facilitator Jobs in Nigeria

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France.

It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.

MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Employment Type: Contract

Terms of Reference: Family Planning Facilitator - MDM Medical Staff

Activity: Training - Family Planning

Venue: External venue

Attendance and positions: Midwives, Clinicians,

Doctors = 25 participants

Overview

Family planning is one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.

The availability of family planning services allows individuals to achieve desired birth spacing and family size and contributes to improved health outcomes for infants, children, women, and families.

Family planning services include:

Contraceptive services

Pregnancy testing and counseling

Pregnancy–achieving services including preconception health services

Basic infertility services

Sexually transmitted disease services

Broader reproductive health services, including patient education and counseling

Breast and pelvic examinations

Breast and cervical cancer screening

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, counseling, testing, and referral.

Abstinence from sexual activity is the only 100% effective way to avoid unintended pregnancy.

For individuals who are sexually active, correct and consistent contraceptive use is highly effective at preventing unintended pregnancy. The most effective methods to prevent unintended pregnancy include long-acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants, followed by other hormonal contraceptives including oral contraceptives (pills), the patch, the ring, and the Depo-Provera shot (DMPA).

Condoms protect against both unintended pregnancy and STIs, and their use should be encouraged. Both men and women should be counseled about using condoms at every act of sexual intercourse when not in a long-term, mutually monogamous sexual relationship.

Why Is Family Planning Important?

For many women, a family planning clinic is their entry point into the health care system and one they consider their usual source of care.

In 2015, publicly funded family planning services helped prevent 1.9 million unintended pregnancies, including 440,000 teen pregnancies.

In 2010, every public dollar spent on family planning saved the federal and state governments.

Unintended pregnancies include pregnancies that are reported by women as being mistimed or unwanted.

Almost half (45%) of the 6.1 million annual pregnancies in the United States are unintended. Unintended pregnancies are associated with many negative health and economic consequences.

The public cost of births resulting from unintended pregnancies was estimated at $21 billion in 2010 (this figure includes costs for prenatal care, labor and delivery, post-partum care, and 1 year of infant care).

For Women, Negative Outcomes Associated With Unintended Pregnancy Can Include:

Delays in initiating prenatal care

Reduced likelihood of breastfeeding

Increased risk of maternal depression

Increased risk of physical violence during pregnancy.

More:

Births resulting from unintended pregnancies can have negative consequences including birth defects and low birth weight.

Children from unintended pregnancies are more likely to experience poor mental and physical health during childhood and have lower educational attainment and more behavioral issues in their teen years.

Understanding Family Planning

Unintended pregnancies occur among women of all incomes, educational levels, and ages.

However, there

are disparities in unintended pregnancy rates.

The Rates of Unintended Pregnancy are Highest Among the Following Groups:

Women ages 18 to 24

Women with less than a high school diploma

Black or Hispanic women

Women who were cohabiting

Women whose income is below the poverty line

Social Determinants of Family Planning Service Usage

Women with lower levels of education and income, uninsured women, Latina women, and non-
Hispanic black women are less likely to have access to family planning services.

In addition, men are less likely to have access to and receive family planning services than women.

Barriers to People’s Use of Family Planning Services Include:

Cost of services

Limited access to publicly funded services

Limited access to insurance coverage

No or limited transportation

Inadequate services for men

Lack of youth-friendly services.

Family planning clinic locations and hours that are not convenient for clients

Lack of awareness of family planning services among hard-to-reach populations

Objectives

Implementation of quality family planning services in MDM settings

List the efficiency, contraindications, and side effects of the various contraceptive methods

List the important health benefits of contraception

Advise a postpartum patient on the most appropriate method of contraception.

To improve compliance to family planning from
Beneficiary

Explain the wider meaning of family planning.

Give contraceptive counseling.

Methodology

PowerPoint presentation, a pretest and a post-test, participatory methods, practical demonstration, and other exercises if need be
Improve participants' knowledge on family planning and contraception.

Outcome

Improve Participants knowledge on: family planning and contraception.

Summary of Topics

What Family Planning Entails:

What is family planning?

Types of family planning?

Mode of Action.

Effectiveness

Advantages

Disadvantages

MEC

Client instructions

Side Effects, complication

Common medical barriers to service provision

Management of Side Effect and complications

Practical Demonstration

Duration For the Training:

1 day training For 2 sessions for the year:

Materials needed:

Flip charts, Flip chart stand, sticky notes, note books, pens, colored markers,projector.

Follow-up:

Yes

Qualification Desired and Preferred

MBBS,or Nurse/Midwife, Community Health officer.

Gynecologist

Characteristics:

Over 5 years of Experience in Family planning Unit

Trainer In family planning .

Strong interpersonal, Technical and intercultural skills.

Assessment and analytical skills.

Strong leadership, decision making and management skills.

Ability to work in stressful situations.

Problem solving skills.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Application Closing Date
1st November, 2022.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter in one single attachment to: recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net using “Family Planning Facilitator” as the subject of the mail.

Note: Applications without the correct subject line stated above will not be treated.

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