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The Malawi branch of the US-based
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is partnering with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Malawi’s Ministry of
Health to collaborate on a new five-year program, which seeks to strengthen
HIV-service delivery in Malawi.
The program plans to implement activities in seven districts in Malawi’s Central West, Central East and North Zones through funding from CDC under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). EGPAF and its local partners plan to work closely with the CDC, Malawi’s Ministry of Health, and the Zonal Health Support and District Health Offices to implement health systems that will strengthen activities designed to improve service delivery for HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis (TB); malaria; maternal, newborn, and children’s health (MNCH); and other public health problems that have led to high mortality and morbidity rates for the country’s 14.4 million people.
The program plans to implement activities in seven districts in Malawi’s Central West, Central East and North Zones through funding from CDC under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). EGPAF and its local partners plan to work closely with the CDC, Malawi’s Ministry of Health, and the Zonal Health Support and District Health Offices to implement health systems that will strengthen activities designed to improve service delivery for HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis (TB); malaria; maternal, newborn, and children’s health (MNCH); and other public health problems that have led to high mortality and morbidity rates for the country’s 14.4 million people.
Building on previous work of more
than a decade, EGPAF has provided critical support and expertise to grow the
capacity of the Ministry of Health’s health care systems and facilities and to
increase access to comprehensive and integrated services for the prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and HIV care and treatment for women,
children, and families in Malawi. To date, EGPAF has reached nearly 600,000
women in the country with PMTCT services.
Although adult HIV prevalence in
Malawi has decreased from 11.4 percent in 2004 to 10.6 percent in 2010,
approximately 80,000 new infections still occur annually. In addition, the HIV
epidemic influences TB rates in the country, where 68 percent of all TB
patients are also HIV-infected.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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