DISTINCT FUTURE OF CVDA
CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588. As per 1113/2019 proclamation also re-registered on July 30, 2019.
CVDA has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, Sidama region, South Ethiopia Region, Central Ethiopia region, South west Ethiopia region, Oromiya region, Afar region and Addis Ababa City administration.
It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum.
The following are CVDA’s vision, mission, goals, principles and values:
Vision
CVDA envisions a poverty-free Ethiopia where equity and equality are ensured.
Mission:
CVDA’s mission is to enhance socioeconomic development in health, education, agriculture, environment, livelihood, and WaSH, humanitarian responses, community-based peace-building, and good governance through holistic approaches and working with the community to contribute towards sustainable development and an improved standard of living in Ethiopia.
Overall goal:
CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.
CORE VALUES
CVDA and its operations enshrine the following values.
- Integrity: Upholding the principles of honesty and responsibility and maintaining the highest ethical standards possible.
- Courage of conviction: CVDA’s pledge is to fight against poverty and hunger and always take sides with the poorest and most disadvantaged groups and help them bring about positive changes in their lives.
- Accountability: This espouses CVDA’s ongoing commitment to be accountable for its actions and to respond periodically to questions concerning its activities or answer to those who will be affected by our decisions or actions.
- Transparency: CVDA takes decisions and implements them in a manner that follows the rules and regulations. Moreover, CVDA shall provide key stakeholders with reliable, relevant, and timely information on matters that concern them.
- Sensitivity: CVDA is sensitive to conflict, gender, resources, culture, and social values in all of its program design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting and hence it wishes to be impartial and equitable in all its actions and activities
5.5. PRINCIPLES
CVDA adheres to the following principles:
- Real-time and change-oriented performance
- Belief that results can be achieved if the process is sound and suitable
- Trustworthiness
- Team spirit
- Ownership
- Volunteerism
- Compliance and commitment
- Do no harm
- Value for money\
- Sustainability
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
- Reproductive and Primary Health Program
- Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program
- Food Security, Livelihood Diversification and Natural Resource Conservation Program
- , Education Program
- Emergency and Relief Program
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive, respectful and evidence-based maternal and reproductive healthcare in accordance with Ethiopian health regulations, professional standards, approved clinical guidelines and CVDA procedures.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Antenatal and Postnatal Care
- Provide antenatal assessment and follow-up; obtain obstetric and medical history and monitor vital signs, weight, pregnancy progress and relevant maternal/fetal risk factors.
- Counsel pregnant women on nutrition, hygiene, danger signs, birth preparedness, complication readiness and timely antenatal attendance; support indicated investigations and referrals.
- Identify high-risk pregnancies and promptly refer women to an appropriate higher-level facility, communicating relevant clinical information.
- Provide postnatal assessment of mothers and newborns; monitor maternal recovery and identify danger signs such as excessive bleeding, fever and hypertensive complications.
- Counsel mothers on nutrition, hygiene, rest, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, postnatal follow-up and postpartum family planning; document care and referrals.
Family Planning and Reproductive Health
- Provide accurate, unbiased counselling on available family planning methods and support informed, voluntary method choice.
- Provide methods and services within the midwife’s authorized scope of practice and the clinic’s approved service capacity.
- Counsel on birth spacing, reproductive health and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, and provide adolescent-friendly information and services.
- Respect privacy, confidentiality, informed choice, dignity and cultural values; refer clients whose needs exceed the clinic’s capacity or the midwife’s scope.
Newborn Care and Health Education
- Assess newborns and provide essential newborn care within professional authorization; promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months.
- Educate mothers and caregivers on thermal care, hygiene, cord care, feeding, immunization follow-up and newborn danger signs.
- Recognize danger signs including breathing difficulty, poor feeding, fever, hypothermia and lethargy, and arrange urgent clinical assessment or referral.
- Provide counselling on healthy pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, breastfeeding, family planning and appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviour.
Childbirth Care
- Provide labour and childbirth care only when delivery services are included in the clinic’s approved license and operational capacity.
- Assess women in labour and monitor maternal and fetal wellbeing and labour progress using approved protocols and tools, including the partograph where applicable.
- Conduct normal vaginal deliveries; apply recommended measures to prevent postpartum haemorrhage and other complications.
- Provide immediate essential newborn care, recognize obstetric and newborn emergencies, initiate appropriate first-line care/stabilization within competence, and arrange prompt referral.
- Ensure delivery equipment, supplies and service area are ready, clean and appropriately maintained.
Complication Management, Referral and Infection Prevention
- Recognize maternal, obstetric, reproductive health and newborn danger signs; immediately inform the General Practitioner/Clinical Lead of complications or abnormal findings.
- Provide initial care within professional competence and approved protocols; arrange timely referral, communicate clinical information and document follow-up arrangements.
- Apply standard infection prevention precautions, hand hygiene and appropriate PPE; ensure safe handling/reprocessing of reusable instruments and proper healthcare waste segregation and disposal.
- Maintain clean, safe and organized maternal and reproductive health service areas and follow infection prevention procedures during examinations and any authorized delivery care.
Documentation, Supplies and Quality of Care
- Maintain complete, accurate and timely maternal, reproductive health and newborn records, registers and reporting formats; submit periodic service reports.
- Protect confidentiality and security of patient information and promptly report clinical incidents, complications and service delivery challenges.
- Check readiness and functionality of relevant equipment; monitor availability and expiry dates of essential supplies, store and use materials properly, and report shortages or faults.
- Participate in clinical meetings, case discussions, quality improvement activities, staff training and orientation; maintain professional knowledge through continuing development.
- Work collaboratively with the General Practitioner, nurses, laboratory professionals, pharmacy staff and other clinic personnel; perform other related duties consistent with qualifications and scope of practice.