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GHARP Project Fulfills Its Mission
 OCTOBER 2008 — In 2003, FHI embarked on the Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention (GHARP) Project, a four-year collaboration between the governments of Guyana and the United States, with funding provided by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through USAID. The GHARP Project fulfilled its mission with programs and initiatives addressing a range of key issues, with the goal of engaging all sectors of society to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and promote a comprehensive prevention and care program.  Forum Helps Private Sector Address HIV/AIDS, Supports Public and Private Partnerships
JULY 2007 — An 11-member delegation from USAID/GHARP and the Private Sector Advisory Board attended the 2nd Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum in Trinidad on June 7 to facilitate a structured Caribbean business response to mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace. The forum sought to bring together private-sector champions and national business coalitions on HIV/AIDS to reduce stigma and discrimination in the workplace and adopt prevention and treatment strategies that promote private and public partnerships.
GHARP Partners with Private Sector to Provide Small Loans to People Living with HIV/AIDS
 OCTOBER 2006 — The USAID/Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention (GHARP) Project is helping people living with HIV/AIDS become more productive and economically independent through small loans provided through a micro financing program.
GHARP Builds Capacity in Services to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission The USAID-funded Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Project (GHARP), implemented by Family Health International and its partners (Cicatelli Associates, Inc.; Howard Delafield International; Management Sciences for Health), is a joint project of the government of Guyana and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
FHI Publishes IMPACT Project Final Report
GHARP Highlights! (December 2007) (4-page newsletter, 395 KB)
Featured Partner: USAID Through our partners, such as USAID, FHI supports Guyana and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.
The FHI Guyana office is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page. |
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FHI and its partners work to reach those most vulnerable to HIV in 
JUNE 2007 — This final report documents the critical role of FHI's IMPACT Project in developing and implementing behavior change interventions among youth in Guyana. IMPACT used a common communication strategy and approach to build the capacity of nine local NGOs to design and implement behavior change activities for youth ages 8–25 in the urban communities of Georgetown, Linden, Bartica, and New Amsterdam. 
