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An Innovative Model for Scaling Faith Engagement to Achieve Health Goals

An Innovative Model for Scaling Faith Engagement to Achieve Health Goals. Bishop Sunday Onuoha , Executive Director Nigerian Interfaith Action Association July 8, 2015. NIFAA’s History: Counteracting Religious Extremism.

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An Innovative Model for Scaling Faith Engagement to Achieve Health Goals

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  1. An Innovative Model for Scaling Faith Engagement to Achieve Health Goals Bishop Sunday Onuoha, Executive Director Nigerian Interfaith Action Association July 8, 2015

  2. NIFAA’s History: Counteracting Religious Extremism • Communities of faith—both Muslim and Christian—play an integral role in Nigeria’s civil society and social fabric. • Violent extremism such as the fundamentalist organization Boko Haram has cause conflict and instability. • Extremism masquerades as religion and undermines trust and social cohesion. • NIFAA formed in 2009 as an outward manifestation of religious leaders’ desire to counteract negative extremism

  3. NIFAA: A Trusted Partner • NIFAA works with government, international organizations, and local communities to address public health and development needs regardless of religious affiliation. • NIFAA complements and supports the efforts of the MOH and is fully integrated into national, state, and local level awareness campaigns. • Early efforts focus on malaria eradication for which NIFAA has received program support from the World Bank, The Global Fund, and USAID, as well as from GHR Foundation

  4. NIFAA Impact • In 16 Nigerian states over five years, NIFAA has trained more than 89,000 faith leaders and members of religious communities to share behavior change messages related to malaria prevention, care, and treatment. • 2010 Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) survey showed double net usage where NIFAA had trained 6,000 religious leaders

  5. NIFAA: A Model that Scales

  6. NIFAA’s Unique Characteristics • Willingness to work in challenging environments and ability to tap into local religious networks serves as a significant indigenous movement in support of the country’s health and development agenda. • NIFAA’s interfaith collaboration promotes peace and stability and provides an advocacy platform at the highest levels of political and religious leadership and at the grass roots community level.

  7. NIFAA’s Unique Characteristics • NIFAA’sbroad representation among mainstream religious communities – Christian and Muslim – makes it a valuable platform for engagement by government and donor agencies. • NIFAA receives programmatic resources from the Ministry of Health not simply because of its unique access to underserved populations but also because of commitment to monitoring and evaluation.

  8. Recommendations • Build capacity of local faith organizations as value for money investment • Pay-for-performance financing presents challenges for newer, local NGOs as funding flows may be erratic making consistent operations difficult. • Invest in faith engagement!

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