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Our PROGRAMMES
Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programme
OVC programming delivers child-focused, family-centered interventions that seek to improve well-being and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on children and families.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programs are initiatives that aim to improve the health and well-being of children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.
OVC programming delivers child-focused, family-centered interventions that seek to improve well-being and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on children and families.
This effort involves working in partnership with children and families to identify, plan, and complete a series of actions in an effort to achieve specific goals. This process is typically referred to as case management.
In the context of OVC programs, case management can be understood as the process of identifying vulnerable children and families; assessing their needs and resources; working together to establish specific, realistic objectives and goals and planning actions to achieve objectives and goals; implementing plans through completing specific actions and receiving services; monitoring both the completion of actions (including the receipt of services in a timely, context-sensitive, individualized, and family-centered manner) and progress toward achievement of objectives/goals (e.g., child protection and well-being, including HIV prevention, treatment, and adherence).
Goals
To provide care, support and income generating activities for orphans and vulnerable children.
To offer direct educational support for orphans and vulnerable children
Objectives
To increase the knowledge, attitude and beliefs in areas of psycho-social support for orphans and vulnerable children
Achievements
Over one hundred and forty –nine orphans and vulnerable children have so far benefited from African health project through support from our local and foreign partners.
Married Adolescent Project (MAP)
Married Adolescent Project (MAP) is a USAID funded project being implemented by Population Council in partnership with Adolescent Health and Information Project (AHIP), Islamic Education Trust (IET), Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN) and African Health Project (AHP) in eight northern states of Nigeria.
The MAP entails premarital HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) for couples promoted through community advocates (CAs) and couples contemplating marriage are referred to existing HCT sites with referral cards by the CAs). AHP coordinates the process of retrieval of referral cards.
GOAL
Promoting healthy, safe and productive transition to adulthood.
ACTIVITIES
• Awareness and sensitization through Community dialogue
• Formation of Safe Space Youth Club (SSYC)
• Strengthening of referral network
• Distribution of condoms
• Establishment of Condom outlets
PARTNERS
• Population Council
• Adolescent Health and information Project –AHIP
• Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria – FOMWAN
• Islamic Education Trust – IET
• African Health Project – AHP
FINDINGS
The findings from this study have been used to develop an intervention to delay marriage and support girls who are already married. Through collaboration with religious leaders, women’s leaders, and community leaders, the intervention’s goals are to raise awareness and promote discussion of child marriage through existing community forums and radio spots. Premarital HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for couples will be promoted through community-level advocates, and couples contemplating marriage will be referred to existing VCT sites.
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HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT)
HIV Counseling and Testing is the process by which an individual under goes counseling to enable him/her make an informed decision or choice about being tested for HIV. It is the critical entry point to prevention, care and support services for HIV/AIDS. HCT is entirely voluntary and confidential involving various sequential steps as follows when providing the services:
HIV Vaccine Trial Unit
In 2004, AHP facilitated the formation of a HCT site at the HIV Vaccine Trial Unit, Asokoro Hospital Abuja. AHP has contributed to the development of HCT in Nigeria through technical support and services at various levels.
HCT training
Since 2005, Dr Onoja has continued to serve on the Nigeria National Task Team on HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT). He contributed in the development of the national guideline and training modules on HCT and has facilitated HCT training at various levels of the health care delivery system in Nigeria.
care and support
Since 2006, AHP in partnership with Still Waters runs a community HCT site at Ogugu in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. This site has provided HCT and referral services for care and support to thousands of people from Ogugu and other neigbouring communities.
HIV Counseling and Testing
Since 2007 African Health Project has continued to partner with God’s Care Mission Okpo in Olamaboro LGA of Kogi state during the annual Calabites crusades that annually brings together over 15,000 people from various parts of the world. AHP in partnership with other stakeholders including the Federal Ministry of Health and Family Health International/GHAIN offer free HIV Counseling and Testing during the week long event.
OUR PROGRAMMES
Health System Strengthening
HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGHTENING: AFRICAN HEALTH PROJECT COLLABORATION WITH ABTS ASSOCIATES INC. SINCE 2004.
One of the most important international initiatives affecting health policies and outcomes in Nigeria is the US president’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR targets are short-term country-specific goals of the US government in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and Mitigation. In order to better inform national health system planning for achieving PEPFAR goals, the Abts. Associates, a United States Organization based in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. A. with partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus) and Health Systems 20/20 collaborate with Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) , National AIDS Control Agency (NACA) and African Health Project (AHP) in Nigeria to implement various projects since 2004. The projects are funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Goals
The goals of the projects are to help developing countries like Nigeria to solve problems in health governance, finance, operations, and capacity building. By working on these dimensions of strengthening health systems, the project will help people in developing countries gain access to and use priority population, health, and nutrition (PHN) services.
Methodology
The process entail development of instrument for data collection, pilot testing of instrument, centralized training of data collectors and supervisors, field data collection from selected sites, data entry, data cleaning, data analysis, report writing and dissemination of research finding.
Output/Results
The projects mentioned above were implemented successfully. The detail outcomes/results can be found in the reports attached. The report for Assessment o f Human Resources for Health in the Private Health Sector in Nigeria 2009 is yet to be published.
AHP Support Group
African Health Project support group activities started in December 2005, with an initial membership of thirty two (32) People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), as first members of the network. The network started activity with the election of officials to run the network. AHP presently has support group of People Living with HIV/AIDS in FCT, Nassarawa, Benue and Kogi states. In 2007 the network was registered with National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDs in Nigeria (NEPHWAN). The network which is being coordinated by a member of the group, Mrs. Happiness Sunday has increased to Fifty two (52) active members who have been beneficiaries of AHP and NEPHWAN support in terms of health care, shelter and food, as well as training on income generating activities.
2005
In 2005, the network was among the beneficiaries of New Karu local government Area (LGA) Support group grants in form of food items and income generating equipments.
2006
In December 2006 NEPHWAN funded the support group for feeding and treatment of members in collaboration with African Health Project who implemented the programme among members.
2007
In April 2007, NEPHWAN in collaboration with African Health Project trained the network on HCT and palliative care.
2008
In May 2008, NEPHWAN in collaboration with African Health Project support group implemented a programme on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB community dialogue.
Activities
Support group activities
• Mobile HCT
• OVC support
• Community dialogue
• Palliative care
• Advocacy
Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) are a series of eight, time- bound goals for development, that seek to address issues of poverty, education, gender equality, health and the environment, in areas termed as less developed, or developing. These targets are planned to be achieved by the year 2015. The idea was agreed upon by the international community at the United Nations millennium summit, held in New York at the beginning of the new millennium precisely September 2000. In essence, the basis of the MDGs stand upon the fact that there should be an upward review of development within less developed, or developing countries, an ideal aimed at balancing development between the North and South, or more commonly, between the developed and developing (or underdeveloped) nations.
In Nigeria, the MDG projects are funded primarily from the Paris debt club relief gains and it is coordinated by the office of the senior special assistant to the president on the MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs) in association with international and local development partners
PARTNERS
• Office of the Senior Special Adviser to the President on MDGs – (OSSAP-MDGs)
• United Nation Development Programme – UNDP
RESULTS
• Provides information to guide the correlation of the strategic priorities of the MDGs, NEED/SEEDS
• Provide feedback on the translation of planning priorities to actual projects
• Provide indication whether the intervention have had the intended impact towards achieving the MDGs
OBJECTIVES
• Ensure that resources voted for MDGs projects and programs are fully channeled to the purposes intended by identifying all leakages, diversions, tolls and bottlenecks;
• Ensure that the approved MDAs implementation plans for MDGs projects and programs are strictly adhered to, especially relating to coverage, quality, outputs and outcomes at local level;
• Demonstrate transparent use of government resources especially the Paris Club Debt Relief Gains (DRG), to Nigerians and the International community to help leverage additional domestic and external resources.
• To obtain first hand information on the benefits of the projects to the local communities.
• To ascertain the level of community involvement in the projects from its conception to the execution stage.
• To find out if the projects are serving the purposes they were intended for
ACTIVITIES
The MDGs framework is to provide an evaluation mechanism that is independent of executing MDAs using professional consultants and civil society organizations (CSO). The exercise will requires highly professional firms that are committed to their profession, integrity and the development of the country, and have the requisite technical and managerial capacity to cover the following projects/programmes:
• All DRG/MGD projects executed by the federal MDAs
• The conditional grants schemes implemented by the states government
• The quick-wins constituency projects anchored by the OSSAP-MDGs
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