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Centre for Adolescent Health & Social Development

…building a world where adolescents are healthy enough to fulfil their potential…

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Vision

A world where adolescents are healthy enough to fulfil their potential

Mission

Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of adolescents through comprehensive community interventions and online mobilization and advocacy

Slogan

Championing adolescent and youth health

Our Focus

Health Education &
Public Awareness

Community Healthcare Services

Skill Acquisition and Mentoring

Research and Policy Advocacy

Counselling Services

WHY ARE WE FOCUSED ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH?

Adolescence, being a phase between childhood and adulthood, is when a lot of rapid and essential development occurs physically, physiologically, and psychologically.

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Board of Trustees

Dr. Fatimah Abolanle Odusote

Chairman

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Fatimah Abolanle Odusote is an astute, self-driven and highly motivated Medical Doctor with 7-year work experience in the field of Public Health with specific focus on Adolescent Health. Read More

Barrister Mojisola Onabanjo

Secretary

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Onabanjo Mojisola is a LLM Intellectual Property professional with a Litigation background and proven experience in Corporate Commercial Law Read More

Adesegun Fatusi

Professor Adesegun Fatusi

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Adesegun Fatusi is a Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health and currently the Vice Chancellor of University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State. Read More

Ifedapo Agbeja

Mr. Ifedapo Agbeja

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Mr Ifedapo Agbeja is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist with +8 years of work experience and a proven record of accomplishments in programme management across West and East Africa. Read More

Lateefah Kikelomo Olajide

Dr. Lateefat Kikelomo Amao

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Dr Lateefat Kikelomo Amao is currently working at the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) as a member of the leadership team of the Federal Government’s national and international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

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Dr. Oritseweyinmi Orighoye

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Dr Oristeweyinmi Erikowa-Orighoye is an early career researcher at Leeds Beckett University. Her work is centred around nutrition, physical activity among diverse ethnic groups,… Read More

Ayodeji Odusote

Mr Ayodeji Odusote

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Ayodeji Odusote is an astute professional with diverse knowledge/experience in varying tribes of technology domains, spanning telecommunications, software development, payment systems/infrastructure, central banking….  Read More

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Accomplishments

Production and distribution of 5,000 menstrual health pamphlets for free distribution for adolescents, parents, guardians, school administrators
Production of 2,500 sexual and reproductive pamphlets free distribution for adolescents and their guardians, parents, school administrators
Distribution of 50 reusable pads to girls at GSS Shere
Distribution of 5,000 disposable pads to school-going adolescent girls
20 community and school interventions on menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health in parts of North-Central, South-West and South-South regions of Nigeria
Donation of 1,000 pads to the pad bank in 3 public secondary schools in FCT
20 live sessions on mental health, puberty, nutrition, menstrual health and mentoring (facebook and Instagram in 2020 and 2021)
Empowerment of 150 adolescent girls and boys in making reusable pads to improve access to menstrual materials and hygiene
5,000 dollars grant from Tulsi Chanrai Foundation
5,040 pads donation from Hayat Kimyat (producers of Molped Sanitray pads) for Menstrual health intervention
Art contest to mark menstrual hygiene day celebration in 2022 which included production of customised menstrual health awareness t-shirts
International adolescent health week celebration 2022 with 20 student representatives each from the six zones Centre for Mass Education FCT
Virtual exchange program with AWOCHE (kenya-based NGO)
Six capacity development programs for our volunteers between 2021 and 2022

Latest News

The first edition of our newsletter is ready!!! It contains the key highlights of our activities for the year 2022. You can access it here

Have you checked out our resource page lately? Bet you would not want to miss out on the National and International documents on adolescent health that you can readily access there. The page is just a click away

2022 has been amazing for us! We accomplished more than the previous years.  Check out a recap of the activities we had in 2022 here: linkw.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7009607085009059840

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