The Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria (GHAIN) is the largest comprehensive HIV/AIDS project ever implemented in a single developing country. Begun in 2004 and funded by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through USAID, the five-year GHAIN project is strengthening and expanding a wide range of HIV/AIDS services to support the government of Nigeria's response to the epidemic.
GHAIN continues to exceed goals and objectives in Nigeria. Since GHAIN's inception, it has
- Supported 79 HIV counseling and testing sites, which have served more than 1 million people
- Supported 50 comprehensive ART sites with over 53,000 people receiving ART
- Provided 67 PMTCT sites with a complete course of antiretroviral prophylaxis to over 5,000 pregnant women
- Offered palliative care to more than 200,000 people
- Trained more than 2,400 healthcare workers in ART management, including pediatric ART
- Trained about 700 healthcare workers in PMTCT, more than 1,100 in TB/HIB, and more than 800 in palliative care
Related Documents
- GHAIN Scorecard
Working with local and international stakeholders GHAIN had put 50,000 Nigerians on antiretroviral therapy (ART) by mid-2008. This new publication will periodically present the achievements of the treatment program.
GHAIN Scorecard (2008 results from GHAIN, PDF, 735 KB)
