LOPIN Region 1 Project – Strengthening the Economic Resilience of Most Vulnerable Households through Integrated Implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer
ARFH is currently implementing the USAID supported Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria Project in Region One (ARFH-LOPIN 1 Project) across three States (Akwa-Ibom, Lagos and Rivers) in 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The project goal is to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and their families through a multi-sectoral and […]
ARFH Organizes Capacity Building Of CHEWS on Door To Door Family Planning Services
ARFH organized a capacity building workshop for 60 Community Health Extension Workers towards improving the quality of maternal and child health through door to door family planning services for effective community based contraceptive distribution. The training workshop which held in Ondo state and Enugu state is a pilot project sponsored by the Rotarian Action Group […]
ARFH Partners with UNFPA to scale up Community Channel of Delivery for Family Planning DMPA-SC Injection
In line with the National Task Shifting and Sharing policy of essential health services including maternal health and family planning services, Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), with support from UNFPA is implementing a project to improve access to Family Planning through integration of DMPA-SC Injection into the Family Planning (FP) method mix in […]
ARFH Accelerated Community HIV Counselling Testing Provide clients with Linkages for HIV treatment
ARFH is a contributor to the first 90 of the 90-90-90 model of test and treat of UNAIDS which is made possible through targeted HIV testing services in communities. Community testing has been found to play a significant role in identifying positive HIV clients. This is because community testing allows testers to reach a larger […]
ARFH Provides Training and Orientation for Counsellor Testers Under the Global Fund HIV New Extension Project
ARFH is one of the Sub-Recipients to FHI 360 under the Global Fund HIV New Funding Model Extension implementation. As part of the global efforts in the fight against HIV, ARFH was given the mandate to conduct community testing for Pregnant Women as well as Men and Women from vulnerable groups among the general population. […]
About 2343 TB Cases Detected in ARFH’s House to House Active TB Case Finding
As one of the Principal Recipients of the Global Fund Grant in the fight against TB in Nigeria, ARFH was able to detect about 2343 TB cases through the House to House Active TB Case Finding Intervention in slums in Kano, Oyo, Lagos, Kaduna and Osun within the period of January to March 2018. Out […]
Nigeria Minister of Health Pays Courtesy Visit to ARFH
It was a great pleasure for ARFH to host the Honorable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole on Wednesday, July 4th, 2018. Present at the meeting were top management executives of ARFH and representatives from Nigerian CSOs to discuss national health issues and action points for improving the performance of indigenous civil society groups in […]
ARFH management and staff meet Global Fund New Country Portfolio Manager, Mr Ibrahim Faria
ARFH was hosted to a visit from Global Fund country team on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at ARFH’s office, Abuja. Present at the meeting from Global Fund was the new Country Portfolio Manager, Mr Ibrahim Faria and the TB/HIV Team Lead, Mr Bryan Morris. They were received by top management executives of ARFH and the […]
Minister of Budget and National Planning Held Public Hearing for 2018 Budget, N55.15b provision included for National Health Act
Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning convened a meeting yesterday, June 21, 2018 for a public presentation of the approved 2018 Budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The presentation was led by the Honorable Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who expressed commitments […]
Human rights are imperative to the success of the tuberculosis response – TB Community writes UNHLMTB delegation
In the light of the upcoming United Nations High-Level Meeting—United to End Tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic (the HLM), concerned members of the TB community comprising of people affected by tuberculosis (TB), members of affected communities, civil society organizations – ARFH inclusive, human rights lawyers, health care workers, and TB activists […]