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Action for West Africa Region-HIV/AIDS Action for West Africa Region-HIV/AIDS (AWARE-HIV/AIDS), funded by USAID, is a five-year program that has been funded by the West Africa Mission of USAID since 2003. AWARE-HIV/AIDS has worked to increase the adoption of high-impact health policies and approaches to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 18 countries in West Africa. |
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FHI a Partner and Participant in Major African AIDS Conference (ICASA 2008)
AWARE-HIV/AIDS, 2003-2008 Closeout Report
AWARE-HIV/AIDS Focuses Efforts in Four Areas: 1. Disseminate promising and best practices in STI/HIV/AIDS
Disseminating and Replicating Best Practices in West Africa
MAY 2008 — This summary document describes what the AWARE-HIV/AIDS project did to identify, disseminate, and assist the replication of identified best practices in HIV care, prevention, and treatment in West and Central Africa. It outlines the best practices replicated, the countries that selected them, and the support the project provided for their replication.
Positioning West African Institutions and Networks
FEBRUARY 2008 — This summary document details what the AWARE-HIV/AIDS project did to strengthen the capacities of three regional networks and four institutions and enable them to assume strong and sustainable leadership roles in the response to the HIV epidemic in West and Central Africa.
Promising and Best Practices in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for West and Central Africa JANUARY 2006 — This collection, published by AWARE-HIV/AIDS, describes 19 best and promising practices in STI/HIV/AIDS prevention and care that were selected by expert taskforces brought together by the project. The best practices originated in West and Central Africa in the following areas: behavior change communication, voluntary counseling and testing, reduction of sexually transmitted infections, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, care and treatment, advocacy for policy change, and community financing models for combating HIV/AIDS.
Featured Donor: USAID Through our partners, such as USAID, FHI supports the West Africa region and its organizations in preventing the spread of HIV and improving HIV/AIDS care and support among those at highest risk.
The FHI AWARE program is here to help. If you want to learn more about the program or contact officials directly, visit the Contact Web page.
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DECEMBER 2008 — Family Health International (FHI) was a "bronze sponsor" of the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), which was held Dec. 3–7 in Dakar, Senegal. FHI led presentations and discussions, and also hosted two booths and displayed a number of posters.
JULY 2008 — This document was produced for the project's closeout workshop in Accra, Ghana, on July 14 and 15. It describes what AWARE-HIV/AIDS did to strengthen the response to the epidemic in West and Central Africa between 2003 and 2008. In addition to a foreword by Henderson Patrick, Mission Director of USAID/West Africa, the document contains chapters on promoting policy change and best practices, building the capacities of West African institutions and networks, cross-border interventions to reduce HIV transmission and infection among mobile populations, and the support provided by the project for the West African Ambassador's Fund. 
