The Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS).
ARFH is part of the FHI 360 led consortium on a USAID funded grant titled Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV and AIDS Service (SIDHAS). Under the Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services Cooperative agreement AID-620-A-11-00002, ARFH implemented community based programs in Edo, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States on Reproductive Health/HIV Integration, TB/HIV integration, Care and […]
Provision Of Technical Assistance And Capacity Building To Eight CBOs In Kaduna And Cross River States: Supported by International Center for AIDS Care And Treatment, Columbia USA
The purpose of the project was to strengthen the capacity of CBOs in the management of community HIV/AIDS care and support services, to improve skills in sustaining HIV/AIDS care and treatment programming and to improve the existing linkages between CBOs and the facility –based HIV/AIDS service delivery points The goal was to scale up comprehensive […]
AIDS Prevention Initiative in Ibadan, Oyo State (APIIOS)
This project is another initiative aimed at preventing the spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS in Oyo State using multi-dimensional approaches. The components included (i) Integration of HIV/AIDS (Preventive) Education into the activities of 85 secondary schools in Ibadan, (ii) Community Based HIV/AIDS Education (iii) Market Based HIV/AIDS Mass Awareness Activities (iv) Integration of […]
Promoting Behaviour Change through Effective Community Mobilization and Participation for HIV/AIDS Control in Igbo-Ora.
ARFH in collaboration with the Oyo State Action Committee on AIDS (Oyo SACA) and with support from the World Bank adopted community mobilization for behavioural change to address HIV and AIDS control in Igbo-ora, Oyo state. The project targeted market men, women and youth peer educators. Strategies employed include community mobilization, BBCC/IEC materials development, peer […]
Intensification Of STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Among The Target Population Through Community Mobilization Along The Abidjan – Lagos Transport Corridor.
ARFH is one of the NGOs that implemented the project titled ‘’ Intensification of STI/HIV/AIDS prevention among the target population through community mobilization along the Abidjan – Lagos Transport Corridor. The project was part of the Global Fund round 6 to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and supported by Abidjan –Lagos Transport Corridor Organization. The […]
Preventing the Spread of STI and HIV through Promotion of Behaviour Change Practices along the Abidjan-Lagos Transport Corridor
With support from the World Bank, ARFH in collaboration with the Abidjan Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO) implemented a project, which was aimed at addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in and around Seme Border. The project adopted various approaches in reaching out and communicating HIV/AIDS information to the highly mobile target project community. One of these was […]
Capacity Building For Health & Non-Workers: 2005 -2008
ARFH has designed and implemented different innovative interventions aimed at responding to the adverse reproductive health situation in Nigeria especially in the areas of Maternal, Child and Newborn Health through capacity building for health and non health professionals, mentoring of organisations and youth programming. Key among these was the successful introduction of the integrated market […]
ARFH’ Community Based Distribution (CBD) Projects
In 1998, Operations research on the Ibadan Market-Based Distribution Project in Nigeria investigated the feasibility of a contraceptive distribution system using traders in the traditional markets to sell pills, condoms, and foaming tablets. Two hundred and thirty-five female and male traders were trained and supplied with contraceptives, malaria treatments, and oral rehydration salts to sell […]
Systems Transformed for Empowered Action and Enabling Responses for Vulnerable Children and Families (STEER).
ARFH partnered with Save the Children International (SCI) and her partners: American International Health Alliance (AIHA), Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Mercy Corps to create greater country ownership and leadership for support of vulnerable children through strengthened governments, civil society and families to mitigate HIV and AIDS’ impact on Nigerian children and families. The […]
Community Channels of Delivery for Family Planning (C2D4FP) – states-Kebbi, Eb-onyi, and Gombe
The C2D4FP project contributes to reducing maternal and infant morbidity by increasing access to family planning through the distribution of family planning commodities. The C2D4FP project was implemented with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It involved building the capacity of market based agents, community voluntary health workers, beauticians, male advocates and patent […]