Exciting News in HIV: UK patient said to be 'Free' of HIV following stem treatment by Scientists
A UK patient’s HIV has become “undetectable” following a stem cell transplant – in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, has now been in remission from HIV for 18 months and is no longer taking HIV drugs. The researchers say it is […]
ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 Project conducts 3 days step down training for CBOs
ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 conducts 3 days step down training on OVC Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting of project performance (MER), system monitoring (SIMS 4.0) and service provision for Akwa-Ibom State officers and partner CBOs for utmost compliance with global standards. Part of the objectives of the training is to improve the capacity of CBO staffs on […]
Fight against HIV: Orphans in Rivers get School Items worth 4 million naira courtesy of ARFH-LOPIN Region 1, SUBEB
The Block Grant Intervention is an education intervention of ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 in which support is provided to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria. The education intervention is aimed at helping vulnerable children enroll/re-enroll to school and continue their education without the fear of paying any form of school levy. In 2018, following an assessment […]
New Lease on Life for a Mother of two in Ibiaku Uruan in Akwa Ibom State
Mrs Offiong (not real name), a physically challenged mother of two who hails from Ibiaku Uruan LGA, Akwa Ibom State had a new lease of life with the handing over of a newly constructed 2 bedroom flat to her on the 19th of December, 2018. She was enrolled into ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 project by Children […]
World Cancer Day 2019: 'I Am and I Will.'
February 4th is a day set aside by organizations and partners around the world to raise awareness about cancer and work towards making it a global health priority. Over the years, cancer has grown to become the second leading cause of death worldwide with an estimated number of 9.6million people expected to die every year. […]
BID SOLICITATION FOR THE PRINTING OF MANUALS
Opening date: 7/01/2019 Closing date: 11/01/2019 The Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/CIFF towards the implementation of the Resilient & Accelerated Scale-up of DMPA-SC/Self injection in Nigeria and intend to apply part of the grant to print Trainers manuals and Participants Handbook for […]
Key takeaways from the 5th Nigeria Family Planning Conference
The Nigeria Family Planning Conference is a biennial conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (MOH) and other stakeholders to showcase the milestones achieved so far with regards to Family Planning in Nigeria. The 5th edition of the conference which held in […]
World AIDS Day 2018; Taking HIV Testing Services to Kuchingoro IDP camp, Abuja
World AIDS Day is commemorated every year on December 1 to raise global awareness about HIV/AIDS. It serves an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and show their support for people living with HIV. Remarkably, year 2018 makes it the 30th anniversary and the theme for year 2018 “Know Your […]
FACTSHEET: ARFH Global Fund/FHI360 supported HIV Community HIV Services in Kaduna State
Here is a fact sheet showing achievement from Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) in Kaduna state, Nigeria from March to October 2018. ARFH is a sub recipient to FHI360 on the Global Fund HIV grant, contributing to the first 90 of the UNAIDS 90-90-90. The contributions of ARFH in the community level implementation […]
ARFH-LOPIN REGION 1 USAID Project Empowers 712 Most Vulnerable Caregivers In Lagos, Akwa Ibom And Rivers States
Nigeria is currently home to about 17.5 million orphans and vulnerable children “OVC’ (FMWA, 2008), of which 7.3 million were orphans from several sources including AIDS. Aside this, unemployment and poverty rates remain alarmingly high with untold effect on the most vulnerable population. Thus, in mitigating this impact, ARFH is implementing the USAID supported Local […]