Couples Voluntary Counseling and Testing: An Effective Prevention Strategy

OCTOBER 2009 — FHI is collaborating with Projet San Francisco (PSF), a local HIV research organization with long experience implementing couples voluntary counseling and testing (CVCT) to institutionalize CVCT as a standard of care. Studies in Rwanda show that when couples are counseled and tested together, the transmission of HIV between partners is reduced from 20 to 25 percent to 3 to 7 percent per year.

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Gifts of Goats Assist AIDS-Affected People in Rwanda

DECEMBER 2008 — Generous donations by Anne Duffy and Randy and Rochelle Jensen have enabled FHI/Rwanda to buy more than 100 goats. The donations help leverage the USAID-funded food support that FHI manages for vulnerable patients receiving HIV care at selected rural health centers.

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Linking Truck Drivers with HIV Services

JUNE 2008 — At a SafeTStop HIV Resource Center in Kigali, Rwanda, truck drivers from East and Central Africa access health services and information on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. To link drivers with HIV services while they are away from home, the ROADS Project established similar resource centers along major transport corridors in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Djibouti.

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FHI Takes the Lead in HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Rwanda

FHI/Rwanda works with public and private health facilities, hospitals and health centers, nongovernmental and faith-based organizations, private sector partners, and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and other associations to deliver quality clinic-based services, community-based care and support programs, prevention programs, and surveillance and research. In 2003, FHI/Rwanda became the first country program in the world to provide antiretroviral treatment (ART) with USAID funds.

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FHI/Rwanda "Makuru ki, FHI?" Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2009 — FHI/Rwanda has published a new issue of Makuru ki, FHI? (What's New, FHI?). This edition of the newsletter highlights HIV prevention programs, including condom education, couples voluntary counseling and testing, and HIV prevention in the care setting.

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FHI/Rwanda Annual Report 2008

FEBRUARY 2009 —This report summarizes the contributions FHI/Rwanda made to Rwanda's health sector during the 2008 calendar year.

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Through our donors, FHI supports Rwanda and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.

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The FHI Rwanda office is here to help. If you want to learn more about the office, visit the Contact Web page.