University of Ibadan-Research Foundation Holds a Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Intervention Train-the-Trainer Programme
As part of its efforts and demonstration of commitment to ensuring access to accurate, culturally appropriate, and evidence-based sexual and reproductive health information for adolescents and young adults, the University of Ibadan Research Foundation (UI-RF) leveraged the expertise and familiarity of trained teachers and lecturers from schools participating in the UI-RF ARISE-DASH Survey to serve as trainers and advocates for adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) within their institutions.
It would be recalled that the University of Ibadan Research Foundation (UI-Research Foundation), in collaboration with the ARISE-DASH Network and the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, organised one-day Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) intervention train-the-trainer programmes for teachers and lecturers from schools participating in the UI-Research Foundation DASH Survey on Friday, 29 May and Wednesday, 3 June 2026, respectively. The programmes were designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to serve as trainers and advocates for adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) within their respective institutions.
The participants were selected because of their direct engagement with adolescents and young adults and ability to identify vulnerable and at-risk young people.
It was time for the well-equipped trainers to demonstrate their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health to adolescents and young people to significantly improve the health, safety, and future prospects of young people within their communities. The demonstrations took place, under the guidance of representatives of the University of Ibadan Research Foundation in schools in Lagos and Oyo States.
The programme reaffirmed the critical role of educators as trusted mentors and frontline advocates for adolescent wellbeing, contributing to the sexual and reproductive health and overall well-being of adolescents and young people. The successful implementation of the programme was made possible through the support and collaboration of the school management, facilitators, volunteers, and supporting partners (The University of Ibadan Research Foundation (UIRF), ARISE DASH, and the NUTRINT Network for their support towards the initiative).