Brief Report of Initial Mobilization Visits to Project Locations in Delta and Edo States Project “Gender Inequality and Rural Women’s Health in Post-Covid-19 Nigeria:

The visit was to officially inform the various Ministries and agencies about the commencement of work in the project LGAs and also seek their support. [...] All actors present during the meetings promised to cooperate with Centre for Population and Environmental Development in the implementation of the research project in the two states and to support the team to ensure successful completion of the project in the target LGAs. [...] The belief system of the community and low education of some has greatly influenced their use of the community health services in the various communities visited. [...] The Executive secretary of the council and LHA Dr (Mrs.) Nwabuwa Adaeze who represented the LGA chairman during the visit commended the project team for the visit and for selecting Ika South as part of the 6 LGAs in Delta state for the project. [...] Evelyn Idahosa, a senior staff member of the LGA, thank CPED team and the mobilization officer for the visit and pledge the support of the LGA authority to ensure the team achieve success in the project implementation.