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Kyrgyzstan
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Wanting to create child survival and healthy family programs Project Hope initially began working in Kyrgyzstan in 2002. Leading a group of international NGOs implementing the Healthy Family Program, a large-scale maternal, child, and reproductive health initiative, across three of the largest and most populous countries in Central Asia, Project HOPE was able to broker a national and regional policy in support of the plan. HOPE's mission later grew to include the region-wide tuberculosis program in 2004, with the goal of helping improve the effectiveness of the local health system in response to Tuberculosis (TB) and in 2007, a new health of women and children program including a breastfeeding promotion and a family planning/reproductive health initiative. The family planning/reproductive health component taught the standard day method, a natural form of birth control, using CycleBeads™. The program included distribution of 10,000 sets of CycleBeads and the eventual development of local production of the beads for a sustainable supply. Currently, HOPE is conducting a five year USAID funded partnership with Population Services International (PSI) to increase access to TB prevention and treatment among at-risk populations in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The initiative provides direct outreach services and training to those populations most at-risk and focuses on increasing TB and HIV knowledge and prevention as well as training for providers on stigma reduction. Related Stories
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