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Guinea Between 2001 and 2007, FHI managed the IMPACT Project in Guinea, forging strong relationships with the government of Guinea and other international and local stakeholders to address the country's HIV/AIDS prevention and care needs. During the six-year project, FHI implemented a comprehensive prevention campaign in Conakry, Upper Guinea and in the Guinea Highlands, or Forest Region, a historically isolated area of hills in the country's southeastern corner. FHI also strengthened national second-generation surveillance systems by supporting a behavioral and a biological and behavioral surveillance survey. In addition, IMPACT helped train health personnel and establish more than a dozen of the country's first voluntary counseling and testing sites integrated within public health facilities. To reduce discrimination toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and improve their access to care and treatment, FHI worked with PLHA support groups, conducted home-based care visits to affected families, and contributed to the development of national guidelines and tools for PLHA care and support. The project also contributed to blood safety and transfusion campaigns as well as the procurement of CD4-count machines for use in public hospitals and the national lab. The FHI/Guinea country office closed in early 2006. However, we continue to collaborate with local implementing agencies and the Guinean government on activities funded by the World Bank and the National AIDS Control Committee. To learn more about FHI's work in Guinea, browse below for news about FHI activities at the time they were implemented. Read the 2007 IMPACT Final Report for Guinea. |
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FHI/Guinea Releases Second Generation Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey
Government of Guinea Recognizes Work of AWARE-HIV/AIDS
FHI/Guinea is Catalyst for Government and NGO Action FHI/Guinea works with the national government and nongovernmental organizations to develop and implement behavior change communication programs for HIV/AIDS prevention and to promote voluntary counseling and testing services.
Featured Partner: USAID Through our partners, such as USAID, FHI supports Guinea 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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AUGUST 2008 — Ninety-eight percent of female sex workers who participated in the Guinean Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey of HIV/AIDS (IBBSS) say they use condoms with their paying sexual partners. With technical assistance from FHI, the Guinean National Committee for the Struggle Against AIDS created the IBBSS to evaluate HIV status and study risk behavior relating to HIV, AIDS, and STIs. The study found that about one-third of participants use condoms with their regular partners and almost half, excluding female sex workers, use condoms during paid sexual encounters. These findings will help the Committee to determine the best course of action for future intervention programs.
AUGUST 2007 — The Republic of Guinea last month awarded AWARE-HIV/AIDS a certificate of satisfaction for its "remarkable contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and for the program's respect for the principle of the '
