Boosting Nutrition and Economic Security of People Living with HIV
JULY 2011—Through training in Agricultural Organic Farming (AOF), FHI 360 is boosting the livelihoods of people living with HIV through improved nutritional and food security. AOF is a form of agricultural production that uses affordable, completely natural fertilizer and enables a wide variety of crops to grow in a relatively small space; it can be applied to kitchen gardens or even to cultivation in burlap bags.
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Women Find their Strengths and Lead
OCTOBER 2010 – By participating in community volunteer programs supported by FHI's ROADS program, women in East and Central Africa have gained visibility and developed leadership skills. Some have even been elected to office, through which they are helping to shape the local political agenda and paving the way for future generations of women leaders.
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Rwanda Women's Groups Receive National HIV Prevention Award
JUNE 2010 — Twenty women's associations in Rwanda formed a "cluster" that coordinates and expands community HIV-prevention efforts. The approach, which is supported by the ROADS Project, has been so successful that the National AIDS Control Commission recognized it with an award and recommended it as a model for the entire country.
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President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan Visits SafeTStop Site in Sudan
JANUARY 2010—President Barack Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan, Retired US Air Force Major General J. Scott Gration, visited Family Health International's SafeTStop Recreation and HIV Resource Center in Juba, Southern Sudan, last month to discuss the AIDS situation in the country and FHI's work providing services to most-at-risk populations.
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Regional Outreach Addressing AIDS through Development Strategies
The ROADS Project began in August 2005 with ROADS I, and has been extended until September 2013 through the follow-on project ROADS II. Funded by PEPFAR through USAID, the project supports comprehensive prevention, healthcare, and impact mitigation. FHI is the principal implementing partner of this Leader with Associates Award.
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LifeWorks Creates Jobs To Prevent the Spread of HIV
Because poverty has long been known to increase vulnerability to HIV, the LifeWorks Initiative creates jobs along key transport corridors in East and Central Africa, where unemployment can be as high as 70 percent. LifeWorks is part of FHI's ROADS Project.
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SafeTStop Mitigates HIV and AIDS along Transport Corridors
The regional Transport Corridor Initiative, known as "SafeTStop," is designed to reduce HIV transmission, improve care, and lessen the impact of HIV and AIDS along the major transport corridors of East Africa.
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AfriComNet Supports Key Role of Strategic Communications
Supported by FHI in partnership with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, AfriComNet is an association of HIV and AIDS practitioners who reside, work or have a primary interest in Africa. The Network was established in recognition of the severity of the continent's HIV and AIDS epidemic and the need for a renewed emphasis on high-quality strategic communications as critical to the response.
Revised in 2006, The Handbook on Pædiatric AIDS in Africa is an accessible, practical tool for health professionals in developing countries who care for HIV-infected and -affected children. This important resource was written by the African Network for the Care of Children Affected by AIDS, an informal network of health workers and social scientists committed to improving care for HIV-exposed and -infected children in Africa.
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Featured Donor: USAID
Through our donors, such as USAID, FHI supports the East Africa region and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.
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ROADS is based in Nairobi, Kenya. If you want to learn more about the East Africa regional program or contact officials directly, visit the Contact Us Web page.
FHI and partners work to reduce constraints to treatment in East Africa. In this clip, FHI's Gail Goodridge underscores the role better farming techniques and good nutrition play in improving health and the effectiveness of ART. (January 2007)
