Humanitarian Response in Northeast Nigeria: FHI 360’s Integrated Approach
After more than one year running an integrated humanitarian response in primary healthcare, protection, WASH and nutrition in Borno State, FHI 360 takes a look at highlights, achievements and lessons learned. (more…)
READ MORESHE TOOK BACK CONTROL OF HER LIFE FROM HIV: ZAINABS’ STORY
Family Health International (FHI 360) has for over ten years sustained support to the HIV/AIDS response in Kano State with resources from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As part of routine technical assistance to the health sector driven HIV response, FHI 360 technical teams undertake routine mentoring and supervisory visits to state wide facilities receiving support under USAID funded Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project. It was on one such visits to Hasiya Bayero Pediatric Hospital (HBPH), a SIDHAS supported facility that the team met Zainab, the captivating mother of two. Her story touched the core of their being as she opened up and shared her story with the team. She recounts…” One of the most painful parts of being diagnosed with HIV is having no one to talk to about it. You could actually feel life leaving you and there’s nothing you can do about it.” (more…)
READ MOREAdvocacy: Infant and Young Child Feeding at Scale
This brief describes Alive & Thrive’s distinct approach to advocacy and policy dialogue used to educate and motivate policymakers and program managers.
READ MORELifesaving nets: Benue state communities embrace use of Long Lasting Insecticidal treated nets
The Malaria Action Program for states (MAPS) project funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has through sustained community sensitizations and campaigns on the benefits of using long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs), achieved demonstrable behaviour change and increased acceptance of the use of LLINs across communities in Benue state. The MAPS project has as one of its core mandates, the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). Wadata community in Makurdi and Ojegbe community in Obi local government area are just a few of the communities where men and women whose lives have been changed now boldly tell their story to anyone who cares to listen. Hear their testimonies: (more…)
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