Faith Based Leader for Safe Motherhood Advocacy

AHIP has so far trained 450 Juma’at Imams (leaders of Friday prayers in mosques) to
educate them on contemporary health and rights issues and remind them of their crucial role in promoting Family Health.  AHIP is planning further trainings of faith based leaders.

The training is a five-day facilitation on contemporary health and rights issues and reminds religious leaders of their crucial role in promoting safe motherhood and child spacing; better promoting women’s rights; preventing HIV/AIDS; and reducing the stigma surrounding people living with HIV/AIDS.

The sessions have so far helped the Juma’at Imams appreciate their involvement in redressing the unacceptable levels of maternal mortality in Nigeria, support advocacy within Islamic jurisdiction for the promotion of safe motherhood, fertility improvement and family planning, and to address the reduction of gender based violence, infant and child morbidity and mortality.