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The RHD Action Small Grants Programme: Small Investment, Big Return! Cover

The RHD Action Small Grants Programme: Small Investment, Big Return!

Open Access
|Apr 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Respondent rate among grant recipients.

Table 1

Characteristics of the grant recipient and beneficiaries.

YearCountrySmall Grant Recipient projectBeneficiariesSample size
12018NigeriaKick RHD Out of Plateau State: Reaching out to Berom- and Hausa-speaking communitiesPLWRHD140
22018CameroonInitiating a Rheumatic Heart Disease Clinic in Yaoundé, CameroonPLWRHD45
Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals6
32018MozambiqueReproductive Health Services and Cardiovascular Health: The RESCUE RHD ProjectDoctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals80
PLWRHD15
42018NepalKnowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Health Care Providers in Eastern Nepal: Measuring the Impact of an Educational InterventionDoctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals123
52018NigeriaAdvocacy and Capacity building of community health workers in Osun State, NigeriaFront-Line Health workers320
62018RwandaImproving Health Education Among Post-Operative RHD PatientsPLWRHD160
Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals2
72017KenyaHearts to Hearts: A Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Awareness Campaign.School Based: Children, Teachers, Parents10670
82017FijiEmpowering and Supporting Young People Living with RHD (PLWRHD) Activities: Mosquito IslandPLWRHD113
92017ZambiaChampioning sexual and reproductive health among female adolescents and women living with RHDPLWRHD28
102017MalawiAcute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Workshops in Lilongwe, MalawiDoctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals65
112018PhilippinesCreation of Standardized RHD Educational Materials to Support and Promote the National Implementation of Free Secondary Prophylaxis in the Republic of the PhilippinesDoctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals90
122018UgandaRheumatic Heart Disease Education and Awareness in Nakivale Refugee SettlementSchool Based: Children, Teachers, Parents1428
Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals48
132017NamibiaNamibian RHD Ambassadors Project; Attendance at 2 public events (estimate)PLWRHD90
142019EgyptRaising awareness about RHD in AlexandriaPLWRHD and community2030
152019EthiopiaImplementation of educational training and screening of school-age children for rheumatic heart disease in North EthiopiaPLWRHD and community3700
162019CameroonRHD Patient Empowerment for Community AwarenessPLWRHD and community2550
172019MalawiRheumatic Heart Disease Awareness CampaignPLWRHD and community357
182019/2020FijiInvesting and Empowering Community Health Workers through Motivational Interview trainingFront-Line Health Workers81
192019/2020RwandaVoluntary based RHD Action Project (VOBRA-Project)Front-Line Health Workers and community4628
202019/2020UgandaDecentralization of BPG Best Practices, building the tools for a sustainable and scalable program.Nurses and Front-Line Health Workers45
212019/2020NigeriaBuilding community health workers’ capacity – kick RHD out of plateau state phase 2Front-Line Health Workers75

[i] ** PLWRHD- people living with Rheumatic Heart Disease.

Figure 2

Digital platforms that recipients received the application message.

Figure 3

Platform to enhance health care workers awareness and knowledge.

Figure 4

Health care worker RHD training domains.

Figure 5

Proportion of beneficiary projects using digital media.

Figure 6

Relevance of the grant.

Figure 7

Proportion of directors working with other partners.

Figure 8

Common communication platforms.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.996 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 23, 2021
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2021
Published on: Apr 27, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Leila Abdullahi, Cleo Albertus, Susan Perkins, Kate Ralston, Alistair White, Jeremiah Mwangi, Liesl J. Zühlke, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.