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Building Local Capacity to Treat Malaria
FHI Supports Clinical Research on Malaria Treatments FHI is supporting the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in their Phase III effort to find safe and effective treatment for malaria patients. This work involves drug clinical trials in Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon, Malawi, DRC (Congo), Tanzania, Mali, Gabon and Kenya. FHI Partners with Hewlett on Contraceptive Research With support from the Hewlett Foundation, researchers at FHI are studying whether packaging emergency contraceptive pills with regular contraceptive pills provides incentive for women to adopt a regular contraceptive method.
Ghana Start Program Process Evaluation Report 2006
Network – When Partners Talk, Behavior May Change Network – Male Participation in Reproductive Health
New Partnership Will Reach Cocoa Farmers in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
FHI's strong partnerships with U.S. and host-country governmental agencies, international NGOs, universities, and local and faith-based organizations play a vital role in our high-quality research and programs.
FHI's office in Ghana is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page. |
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APRIL 2009 — In Ghana many people seeking initial treatment for malaria consult a licensed chemical seller (LCS) rather than a doctor or a nurse, but shop owners may not always recognize the symptoms of malaria, or know when a case is severe enough to warrant referral to a health facility. FHI, in coordination with Pfizer, designed a training program for LCS aimed at improving symptom recognition, appropriate treatment within 24 hours, and referrals. Public-private partnerships such as this one lead to increased trust, better cooperation, and more effective referral systems.
This report summarizes the overall design, strategy, activities and output of the Start Program work in Ghana. The report describes accomplishments and lessons learned in clinical care, counseling and testing, PMTCT, HBC, NGO community mobilization and behavior change communication (BCC). 
JUNE 2007 — Family Health International (FHI), the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and National Confectioners Association (NCA) have joined forces to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The new partnership is working with cocoa farmers, their families and agricultural communities in cocoa-growing regions of both countries to increase awareness and strengthen prevention of HIV/AIDS and malaria.
