Who We Are

We're PLAN Foundation - The Family First!

PLAN Health Advocacy and Development Foundation (PLAN Foundation) is a non-governmental organization based in Ibadan, Oyo State, in Southwestern Nigeria. Established in 2002, PLAN Foundation has been a leading organization working on advocacy, access to treatment services, community engagement and capacity development in the health and development sectors for over a decade.

Sequel to its organizational retreat held in January 2011, PLAN recognized the growing need to address public health, human rights, and development issues with a holistic and integrated approach. This informed the strategic departure from the organization’s focus on PLHIV-centered counseling, care, and support programs to a rights-based, gender-focused, and inclusive community engagement for integrated implementation of health, advocacy, and development programs through investment in strengthening the capacities of the individual, family, and community. In line with this strategic change, the organization registered its name as PLAN Health Advocacy and Development Foundation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on May 26, 2011. It also expanded its mandate to emphasize access to integrated delivery of high-quality public health and development services regardless of the ability to pay.

As one of the few PLHIV support groups in the growing Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), PLAN had the responsibility of midwifing the establishment, mentoring, and nurturing of several support groups in the Southwestern region of Nigeria thrust at it soon after its emergence.

PLAN benefited immensely from the NGO/CBO Support Program of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA) through NELA which served as the project’s Linking Organization in Nigeria. PLAN’s relationship with NELA formed the bedrock on which it built its development and achievements over the years.

A visit to our website promises to be a journey into PLAN Foundation’s achievements, activities, and affiliations. There is also ample opportunity for active interaction and exchange of information with the visitor to the website as well as linkage to further information, online resources, and regular updates on programs, events, and trending issues on health and development as they affect the individual, family, community and the world at large.

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Our Approach

Our Belief

— Our Vision

PLAN Foundation envisions a Nigeria where the individual, family, and community are adequately empowered to protect themselves against poverty, underdevelopment, and the spread of diseases.

— Our Mission

To advocate for and contribute to efforts for ensuring personal, family, and community health and development in Nigeria through information, education, capacity building, advocacy, care, and support.

Core Values (S. E. A. T.)

— Shared Responsibility

PLAN Foundation recognizes the importance of engaging a broad spectrum of stakeholders and affected persons in responding to the health and development needs of the individual, family, community, and the world. We believe that the most effective strategy for achieving results is to place power in the hands of affected people as well as key stakeholders to ensure sustainability, cost-effectiveness, ownership, and suitability of interventions and programs. We believe that everyone has a part to play in positively affecting everyone.

— Equality

PLAN Foundation has a strong policy of zero tolerance to intolerance. We believe that all persons are equal irrespective of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, social status, and disability status. We therefore strive to ensure that our activities and programs are inclusive, sensitive, and devoid of all forms of discrimination.

— Accountability

PLAN Foundation also has a policy of zero tolerance for corruption. The organization upholds the principle of rational use of resources to ensure efficient and effective use of scarce resources while ensuring that the community is not short-changed in the ways and manners in which financial, technical, and in-kind resources are put to their advantage.

— Transparency

PLAN Foundation upholds the rights of key stakeholders and the public to know. We believe, as a public and not-for-profit institution, that everyone should have unfettered access to information about the activities of the organization. We also recognize the advantages of openness to the public, our target communities and beneficiaries as well as our partners and funders towards attaining the highest possible levels of confidence, ownership, and integrity.

Our Partners

Achievements and Milestones

— Project Number

01.

— Duration/Completion Date

1 year / 2004

— Funder(s)

EngenderHealth.

— Project Title

HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Support Services in Ibadan North and Ibadan North-West Local Government Areas of Oyo State.

— Achievements

Built capacity of PLHIV to deliver Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) and home-based care services.
Training of students of the University of Ibadan and The Polytechnic, Ibadan to serve as HIV/AIDS Peer Educators.
Coordination of the activities of PLHIV support groups and provision of HIV counseling and referral for testing

— Project Number

02.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years / 2005

— Funder(s)

NELA through the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA)—now Frontline AIDS.

— Project Title

Community-based HIV/AIDS Prevention, Counseling, Care, and Support in Ibadan North Local Government Area.

— Achievements

Built capacity of PLHIV to deliver Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) and home-based care services.
Provision of HIV counseling and referral for testing.
Community mobilization for reduction of HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination.

— Project Number

03.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years / 2006

— Funder(s)

Oyo State World Bank Assisted HIV/AIDS Development Project.

— Project Title

Improving Access of PLWH in Ibadan and Ogbomoso Communities to Reproductive Health, Counseling, Care and Income-generation Services in Oyo State.

— Achievements

Built capacity and mentored 20 PLHIV to deliver HCT and home-based care services.
Economic Empowerment of 20 vulnerable households of PLHIV.
Established referral networks among trained caregivers, PLHIV groups, and ART sites.

— Project Number

04.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years / 2007

— Funder(s)

CommunityREACH Project, Funded by USAID through PACT Inc, USA.

— Project Title

Positive Prevention, Care and Economic Impact-mitigation
Programme for PLHIV in Oyo State, Nigeria.

— Achievements

Built capacity and mentored 20 PLHIV to deliver HCT and home-based care services.
Economic Empowerment of 20 vulnerable households in PLHIV.
Established referral networks among trained caregivers, PLHIV groups, and ART sites.

— Project Number

05.

— Duration/Completion Date

1 year / February 2014

— Funder(s)

TB CARE I Project (KNCV, USAID, and American Thoracic Society (ATS).

— Project Title

Promoting Community TB Care in Oyo State.

— Achievements

Engaged 60 Community volunteers in the active referral of TB suspects and treatment support.
Referred 558 TB suspects with 31.36% positive cases detected within six months of project implementation.

— Project Number

06.

— Duration/Completion Date

1 year / February 2014

— Funder(s)

Challenge Facility for Civil Society of the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Partnership.

— Project Title

Empowering TB-affected communities and civil society with TB & TB/HIV information and facilitating effective collaboration between HIV and TB interventions in 5 LGAs of Oyo State, Nigeria.

— Achievements

Engaged 5 Local Government Areas (LGA) Chairmen as Stop TB Champions.
Established TB/HIV Advocacy Working Committees in 5 Local Government Areas.

— Project Number

07.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 ½ years / December 2015

— Funder(s)

Global Fund Round 9 Phase II CSS Project.

— Project Title

Zonal Lead Organization (South-West: Tuberculosis)

— Achievements

Coordinating 20 CBOs in 2 states on integrated demand creation for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria services.

— Project Number

08.

— Duration/Completion Date

1 year / December 2016

— Funder(s)

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF).

— Project Title

Mobilizing Community Engagement for increased HIV Testing and Access to HIV Care in Oyo State, Nigeria.

— Achievements

Increasing the number of people who know their HIV status among the general populace in 5 LGAs in Oyo State by 80%.
Linking at least 80% of HCT clients that test positive to quality HIV care.

— Project Number

09.

— Duration/Completion Date

3 years / December 2018

— Funder(s)

ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action.

— Project Title

Eliminating new HIV infections among Nigerian children by empowering mothers and women with disabilities to access Reproductive Health and PMTCT services in Oyo and Osun States, Nigeria (ENHANCE Project).

— Achievements

Reduced loss to follow-up among women and children accessing PMTCT services in 10 LGAs of Oyo and Osun States from 15% to 0%.
Increased knowledge of and demand for SRH services among more than 24,000 women.
Facilitate access to information and demand for primary HIV prevention services among the target beneficiaries.

— Project Number

10.

— Duration/Completion Date

3 years December 2022 (Renewable)

— Funder(s)

Clinton Health Access Initiative/Unitaid.

— Project Title

Community Engagement on Advanced HIV Disease Project.

— Achievements

Raising demand for and linking clients to Advanced HIV Disease services in Lagos, Anambra, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.

— Project Number

11.

— Duration/Completion Date

3 years December 2022 (Renewable)

— Funder(s)

Clinton Health Access Initiative/Unitaid.

— Project Title

Community Engagement on Advanced HIV Disease Project.

— Achievements

Raising demand for and linking clients to Optimized ARV treatment services in Sokoto, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue, Ogun, Oyo, Lagos, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States and the FCT.

— Project Number

12.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years December 2021

— Funder(s)

ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action.

— Project Title

Extension Phase of Eliminating new HIV infections among Nigerian children by empowering mothers and women with disabilities to access Reproductive Health and PMTCT services in Oyo and Osun States, Nigeria (ENHANCE Plus Project).

— Achievements

Reduced loss to follow-up among women and children accessing PMTCT services in 14 LGAs of Oyo and Osun States from 15% to 0%.
Increased knowledge of and demand for SRH services among more than 18,000 women.
Facilitate access to information and demand for primary HIV prevention services among the target beneficiaries.

— Project Number

13.

— Duration/Completion Date

3 years December 2021

— Funder(s)

Health Alive Foundation with funding from USAID.

— Project Title

Tuberculosis Local Organizations Network (TB-LON Project).

— Achievements

To provide comprehensive and community-level TB programming and interventions in Osun State.

— Project Number

14.

— Duration/Completion Date

6 months 2021

— Funder(s)

Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) through Positive Action for Treatment.

— Project Title

COVID19 education, treatment access and adherence support for people living with HIV and TB.

— Achievements

To provide linkage to care, defaulter tracking, follow-up, and door-to-door drug delivery to ARV treatment clients during the COVID-19 lockdown in Oyo State, Nigeria.

— Project Number

15.

— Duration/Completion Date

6 months 2021

— Funder(s)

ViiV Healthcare’s COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund.

— Project Title

COVID-19 Community Emergency Response towards addressing challenges in the implementation of the PACF-funded ENHANCE Project in Oyo and Osun States of Nigeria.

— Achievements

Training of Mentor Mothers on PACF Funded ENHANCE Project as Community Based Distributors (CBDs) of ARV Drugs and Family Planning Communities to Women with HIV, Women with Disabilities, and other women during COVID-19 lockdown in Osun and Oyo States
Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and Personal Hygiene Materials to CBDs and Healthcare workers in 49 facilities in Osun and Oyo States during the COVID-19 lockdown in Osun and Oyo States.
Linking Women with HIV, Women with Disabilities, and Other Women to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Commodities during COVID-19 lockdown in Osun and Oyo States.

— Project Number

16.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years December 2023 (Renewable)

— Funder(s)

Global Fund/NACA/NEPWHAN

— Project Title

Global Fund RSSH-C-19 Project

— Achievements

Community outreach on IPV, GBV, and Human Rights.
Advocacy and community engagement through community self-help especially to strengthen primary healthcare services in Oyo State.

— Project Number

17.

— Duration/Completion Date

2 years Sept 2025

— Funder(s)

AmplifyChange Opportunity Grants.

— Project Title

Eliminating Multiple Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Young Girls and Women with Disabilities in Oyo State, Nigeria (EMBASSY) Project.

— Achievements

Anticipated:

To establish and strengthen a multi-sectoral movement committed to, advocating for and ensuring increased access to inclusive and disability friendly SRHR services among women with disabilities in Oyo State.
To strengthen the capacity of the multi-sectoral movement to track the implementation of policies and programs on access to sexual and reproductive health services for women with disabilities in Oyo State.

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