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FHI Partners with Pfizer to Fight Malaria in Ghana AUGUST 2007 — FHI is partnering with Pfizer Inc. and the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation to reduce Ghana's high rates of malaria-related illness and death, particularly among pregnant women and children under five. FHI's approach includes working with licensed sellers of over-the-counter drugs to improve symptom recognition, referral, and treatment for malaria. FHI also uses behavior change communication and social mobilization to increase malaria symptom recognition and overall health-seeking behaviors among pregnant women and the general community.
FHI Supports Clinical Research on Malaria Treatments FHI is supporting the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in their Phase III effort to find safe and effective treatment for malaria patients. This work involves drug clinical trials in Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon, Malawi, DRC (Congo), Tanzania, Mali, Gabon and Kenya. FHI Partners with Hewlett on Contraceptive Research With support from the Hewlett Foundation, researchers at FHI are studying whether packaging emergency contraceptive pills with regular contraceptive pills provides incentive for women to adopt a regular contraceptive method.
Ghana Start Program Process Evaluation Report 2006
Network – When Partners Talk, Behavior May Change Network – Male Participation in Reproductive Health
New Partnership Will Reach Cocoa Farmers in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
FHI's strong partnerships with U.S. and host-country governmental agencies, international NGOs, universities, and local and faith-based organizations play a vital role in our high-quality research and programs.
FHI's office in Ghana is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page. |
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This report summarizes the overall design, strategy, activities and output of the Start Program work in Ghana. The report describes accomplishments and lessons learned in clinical care, counseling and testing, PMTCT, HBC, NGO community mobilization and behavior change communication (BCC). 
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.
