Mobile Connect - an Integrated mHealth Intervention to Address Unsafe Abortion among Female Sex Workers in Vietnam
Despite abortion being legally available in Vietnam, female sex workers face significant barriers to accessing services due to the illegality of sex work, stigma, discrimination by service providers, and lack of information. Funded by Grand Challenges Canada, Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society (CPAS) will be developing and implementing a mHealth intervention, entitled: ‘Mobile Connect’, to address unsafe abortion among female sex workers in Vietnam. Mobile Connect will use a theory-driven, interactive short messaging services (SMS) enhanced by tele-counseling to reach female sex workers and deliver sexual reproductive health (SRH) education with a focus on unwanted pregnancy, safe abortion, and stigma reduction, and connect women to safe services. The innovation will also develop and test digital counseling tools for providers to assess medical eligibility of abortion seekers, provide advice and schedule clinic visits, which will be followed by friendly abortion services and post-abortion care. This advertisement is to invite IT vender/App developer to send expression of interest in working with the project team to develop Mobile Connect Platform.
Please find the attached ToR [1] for more details.
Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] before 30 Oct 2019.