Note: The menu shows the 36 African countries where Africare has worked, not the other African countries.

 

 

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Africare-Nigeria

Produces Results!

* The Technical Response to AIDS Affected Populations (TAP) project has provided HIV/AIDS counseling and testing to over 28,000 Nigerians in three southern states. 

* The Women’s Initiative for Sex Education and Economic Empowerment (WISE) project has trained over 6,300 women in reproductive health-HIV/AIDS education and business management; over 3,900 have received counseling and testing services, and over 1,600 received start-up support after undergoing vocational skills training.

* The Health Integrated Project (HIP) has trained nearly 1,100 community health workers on malaria case management. 

* The Promoring Initiative for Malaria Eradication (PRIME) project has distributed over 140,000 Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLITNs), more than 89,000 Intermittent Preventive Treatments (IPTp) to prevent malaria in pregnancy, and over one million Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) to health facilities in the Niger Delta. 

“It is like a breath of fresh air working with Africare—your results are tangible.”

- Dr. Iyan Ugot, Special Adviser, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) to theGovernor of Cross River State.


“Africare has done a good job by reaching out to our young women in Nasarawa.”

– First Lady of Nigeria, Hajia Turai Yar-Adua (2008), during a visit to a WISE project site.

 

 

 

Africare/Nigeria

Cubs for OVC Project (AIDSTAR): Partnered with Management Sciences for Health to improve the lives of OVC in Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States. Coordinated technical capacity building for 16 community organizations to deliver health, educational, legal, nutritional, psychosocial and other services to 15,519 enrolled OVC. Utilizing Africare’s Enhanced Gender Focused strategy for each service component, CUBS addressed the needs of adolescent girls and female heads of households, including step down literacy trainings to 1,812 female caregivers focusing on family planning, maternal health, nutrition, and HIV & AIDS prevention. ($=United States Agency for International Development)


Malaria Prevention in Mobil Producing Nigeria Supplier Communities: Worked to sustain malaria prevalence reduction in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states in Niger Delta. Supported house-to-house follow-up campaigns on bed-net use. Strengthened supply chain management of ACTs to treat children under 5 and malaria-in-pregnancy drugs. 1,116 children under 5 were treated for malaria in the reporting period. Strengthened prevention programs at household and community levels. ($=ExxonMobil Foundation)


Promoting Initiative for Malaria Education II: Partnered with Society for Family Health to build the capacity of 660 patent medicine vendors to ensure prompt, effective and sustained responses to malaria in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Edo and Akwa Ibom states in Niger Delta. Completed PRIME II Phase 1 across all six states. Distributed 297,859 doses of ACT drug treatment through client facilities. Distributed 330,953 RDT kits and provided support to personnel on their proper use in confirming malaria before treatment. 100,299 children under 5 were treated for malaria in the reporting period. ($=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)