Improving wellbeing of people affected by NTDs
Country: Nigeria
Location(s): Country wide
This project seeks to ascertain the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of combining both mental health and self-care interventions in an integrated approach to improve quality of life, social inclusion and reduce disability and average cost of healthcare by families affected by leprosy, BU and LF. Additionally, the project seeks to explore sustainable approaches to improve quality of care. The approaches include: 1. Identification, capacity building and engagement of eligible NTD Champions. These are persons affected by NTDs who are willing and able to share their lived experience on volunteer basis to serve as skilled local trainers and project team leaders. 2. Use of integrated self-help groups (SHGs) of persons affected by leprosy, LF and BU to provide peer counselling, mental health and self-care. The project seeks to explore the effectiveness of the integrated approach and compare the outcomes of mental health and self-care practices between SHGs of persons affected groups facilitated by NTD Champions and those facilitated by HCWs.
ILEP Members involved
DAHWCharles Nwafor