Among the results that Sikika is looking from the Social Accountability Monitoring, is to enhance citizens’ voices in health services provision at their localities. To achieve this, the training on SAM include participants from the different representation of the society, such as women, people with disabilities, youth, leaders and health workers. Through many years of implementing the SAM, one main result is the activeness of citizens seen through monitoring of health services and voicing their voices through various local platforms like community meetings. For instance, during International Women Day the voices of activeness of citizens’ were collected from different women who have received SAM training and form part of SAM team members.
Their voices reflected activeness in monitoring health services as per below quotes; -