News and Events

New Partnership Will Reach Cocoa Farmers in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire

JUNE 2007 — Family Health International (FHI), the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and National Confectioners Association (NCA) have joined forces to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The new partnership is working with cocoa farmers, their families and agricultural communities in cocoa-growing regions of both countries to increase awareness and strengthen prevention of HIV/AIDS and malaria.

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FHI/Ghana Featured on NPR's All Things Considered

OCTOBER 2005 — a National Public Radio story on how the Global AIDS Fund is helping improve health and the economy in Ghana highlights FHI's work and includes an interview with Dr. Henry Nagai, Clinical Officer. The article examines efforts to expand HIV/AIDS treatment and the challenges ahead.

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FHI Pilots Franchise Program for HIV/AIDS Treatment

NOVEMBER 2005 — FHI has launched a pilot franchise program to increase access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-poor settings, including Ghana and Kenya. The program will help combat the spread of the epidemic by ensuring quality care and treatment is provided for underserved HIV-positive individuals. 

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On the Front: HIV/AIDS and the Uniformed Services

SEPTEMBER 2005 — Uniformed personnel are trained to take risks, a behavior that can carry over into their personal lives and increase their risk of contracting and transmitting HIV. This issue of Snapshots from the Field highlights FHI's efforts to advance HIV prevention programs for the uniformed services.

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FHI Releases Final Report on IMPACT's Ghana Program

JUNE 2005 — The Final Report for the Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project in Ghana September 1998–June 2004 summarizes the overall design, strategy, activities and output of the FHI-managed IMPACT Project's work in Ghana. The report describes individual subprojects and key regional activities in detail over the duration of the IMPACT Project's work.

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DFID Supports Antiretroviral Treatment in Ghana

The UK's Department for International Development (DFID)  supports four sites in Ghana that are delivering comprehensive care and treatment for HIV/AIDS. More than 2,050 people now have access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs and 4,600 people have received clinical care services. The Start Program, launched by the Government of Ghana and FHI in 2002, in addition to antiretroviral treatment provides voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), prevention and management of opportunistic infections including TB, referral networks and community education and mobilization through local NGOs.