Project HOPE - Where We Help - Africa

Africa : Malawi

TB Control in Southern Malawi – Due to a high prevalence of HIV infection, Malawi is facing a rapidly increasing rate of Tuberculosis, along with low treatment success rates and high mortality rates in TB patients. Working in close partnership with the National TB Control Programme, Project HOPE is addressing TB control and TB-HIV co-infection in the Mulanje and Phalombe Districts and expects to benefit over 383,000 people by strengthening TB services, increasing early care-seeking behavior at the community level, improving quality diagnosis and case management of TB and TB-HIV co-infection cases among health care workers, and improving the capacity of the Regional and District TB offices to manage TB and TB-HIV co-infection.

Village Health Banks – To address the fundamental reality that the majority of orphan care is provided by families, Project HOPE is advocating strengthening these family units through a group-based microcredit approach for increasing household income, integrated with education for vulnerable households and those caring for orphans. Project HOPE’s Village Health Bank methodology has proven to help alleviate the economic burdens, strengthen the health knowledge of caregivers, and promote utilization of health services.

Timeline

1989	–	HIV/AIDS Prevention – Collaboration with the Private Hospital Association of Malawi (PHAM) to expand its institutional capacity to provide HIV/AIDS services
1990	–	HIV/AIDS Education – Provided counseling to HIV infected people and conducted counseling training with the community, specifically to religious leaders affiliated with the Private Hospital Association of Malawi
1991	–	HIV/AIDS Education – Continuation of a previous grant of AIDS education and prevention activities with religious leaders; Child Survival Program – Introduction of child survival activities on tea and coffee estates in Thyolo District
1993	–	HIV/AIDS Prevention Project – Training of religious leaders, educators, and health surveillance assistants to educate communities on HIV/AIDS prevention
1994	–	Child Survival Program – Replication of child survival activities to tea and coffee estates in Mulanje District; Malaria Prevention – A study of impregnated bednet usage on estates and the effect on reducing morbidity
1995	–	Anemia Prevention – An investigation of the prevalence and causes of anemia in pregnant women
1996	–	HIV/AIDS Education – Trained community groups in HIV/AIDS prevention and care; HIV/AIDS/STD Prevention and Family Planning – Assistance to agricultural estates to develop and maintain effective AIDS, STD and family planning services in their clinics and to develop outreach activities to employees and their families
1997	–	Community Health Partnerships – Support to the District of Mulanje to strengthen its service delivery and build human and institutional capacity in a sustainable manner
1998	–	Child Survival Program – Continuation of child survival activities to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality on tobacco and coffee estates in Kasungu District; initiated Village Health Banks
1999	–	Exclusive Breastfeeding – A breastfeeding research and education project with the objective of reducing infant morbidity and mortality; HIV/AIDS/STD Prevention and Family Planning – Phase II; Cervical Cancer – Introduction of a pilot program to establish screening and early treatment to cervical cancer patients
2000	–	Mothers Reminder Materials – Development of materials to teach mothers to recognize the danger signs of major childhood killers
2001	–	HIV/AIDS Workplace Education – Support in implementing HIV/AIDS education programs and policies for the workplace, which was expanded in a second phase; HIV/AIDS Cross-Border Behavioral Change Project – Implementation of peer training program to reduce the impact of HIV transmission along the border of Malawi and Mozambique
2002	–	HIV/AIDS Workplace Education – A pilot-project in Malawi targeting youth for a workforce development HIV/AIDS prevention program
2003	–	Saving Newborn Lives – Assistance in increasing knowledge of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS

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