Chevron and Jhpiego: Re-establishing and Sustaining Reproductive Health Care in Aceh after the Tsunami
A partnership between Chevron and Jhpiego, an international health NGO, helped rebuild and increase the sustainability of public and private reproductive health services in Aceh Indonesia following the 2004 Tsunami. The partnership supported Desa Siaga (“alert village”), a community mobilization program for health care, education, and advocacy.
In 2006, a ministerial decree launched Desa Siaga as a national program. In 2008, the government of Aceh Besar allocated funds to develop 48 additional alert villages and by August 2008, the program had reached 153 villages in Aceh province. The partnership also improved measurement and evaluation capabilities of participating NGOs, and increased knowledge about health issues and corporate responsibility among Chevron employees.
Chevron support for partnership activities in Aceh ended in 2007, and Chevron and Jhpiego are now in discussions to apply the “alert village” model in communities near Chevron operations in Riau Province, focusing on infectious disease prevention, including HIV/AIDS.
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