Ethiopia

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Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic opportunities (ENGINE)

JHU∙CCP is pleased to announce the launce of developing and implementing the social and behavior change communication (SBCC) strategy for ENGINE (Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic opportunities), a new five-year, $6 Million USAID-funded project in Ethiopia.

Led by Save the Children, CCP joins the Feinstein International Center and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Jhpiego, Land O’ Lakes Inc. International Development and Valid International on the project team.

The goal of ENGINE is to improve the nutritional status of women and young children in 100 woredas (or districts) across Ethiopia through sustainable, comprehensive, coordinated and evidence-based interventions. This project will work in tandem with the US Government’s Feed the Future program, which operates in 83 of the 100 woredas the ENGINE project covers, and our focus will be on pregnant women, new mothers and the 1,000 days between pregnancy and 2 years old—those who are most vulnerable to malnutrition.

Expanded Communication Efforts to Lead and Reverse AIDS Trends in Ethiopia (EXCELERATE)

The EXCELERATE and ISHARE projects build off the well-established CDC-funded ARC (AIDS Resource Center) project which ran in Ethiopia from 2002 to 2011. While some of the activities initiated during ARC are continued through EXCELERATE and ISHARE, the new projects also branch off to include several innovative and exciting activities. The goal of EXCELERATE and ISHARE is to contribute to reducing new HIV infections and AIDS related morbidity and to mitigate its impact in Ethiopia.

EXCELERATE (Expanded Communication Efforts to Lead and Reverse AIDS Trends in Ethiopia) is a 5-year, CDC-funded project that was launched in 2010. JHU∙CCP uses five key approaches under EXCELERATE:

  • Increase the use and improve the quality of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) services;
  • Reduce stigma and discrimination against PLHIVs;
  • Improve young people’s ability to avoid HIV infection;
  • Strengthen the role of RARCs in providing social and behavioral change communication (S/BCC) information and services; and
  • Provide technical assistance for strategic BCC.

Key activities include: the ART Communication Initiative; Betengna Radio Diaries, Dagu Youth Media Program, RARC (Regional AIDS Resource Center) expansion and outreach activities; MARCH project; capacity building for Jimma University.

Integrated Strengthening of Health and AIDS Resources in Ethiopia (ISHARE)

The EXCELERATE and ISHARE projects build off the well-established CDC-funded ARC (AIDS Resource Center) project which ran in Ethiopia from 2002 to 2011. While some of the activities initiated during ARC are continued through EXCELERATE and ISHARE, the new projects also branch off to include several innovative and exciting activities. The goal of EXCELERATE and ISHARE is to contribute to reducing new HIV infections and AIDS related morbidity and to mitigate its impact in Ethiopia.

ISHARE (Integrated Strengthening of Health and AIDS Resources in Ethiopia) is a 5-year, CDC-funded project that began in 2011. The ISHARE name reflects the right of all Ethiopians to have easy access to high quality health information and services. The “I” in the name embodies a vision where all stakeholders in HIV feel personally committed to ensuring coordinated action among government, donor, service providers, civil society and community members.

ISHARE’s central strategy is to build on the solid foundation and innovative programming models of the ARC and take them to the next level by strengthening IT/knowledge management networks, refining referral systems, strengthening capacity at all levels, and linking these advances to action at the community level through RARCs and civil society partners.

Key activities include: strengthening IT systems, the Wegen AIDS Talkline, Fitun Warmline, ARC Library and Clearinghouse, technical support to the RARCs and BCC advocacy materials dissemination.

National AIDS Resource Center (ARC)

Launched in December 2002, the AIDS Resource Center (ARC) in Addis Ababa is Ethiopia's premier source of HIV/AIDS information. The center (referred to as CCP/ARC) serves as a hub for a host of user-driven resources and services, such as a comprehensive multimedia reference collection, high-speed computer terminals with Internet access, audiovisual equipment, databases of information pertaining to HIV/AIDS, and a toll-free HIV/AIDS telephone hotline. In addition to its user services, the CCP/ARC also develops and supports local partners in developing strategic, targeted behavior change communication (BCC) tools and approaches. Through both its user services and BCC activities, the CCP/ARC strives to build the capacity of its partners, with a particular emphasis on the Ethiopian government’s HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO).

The CCP/ARC was created through a multi-dimensional public/private partnership and is managed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP) with funding from the U.S. PEPFAR program through CDC. CCP/ARC is now in its seventh year of operation and is expanding user services to regional sites, and as well as increasing the scope of its BCC activities.

Research to Prevention (R2P)

Research to Prevention (R2P) is a five-year HIV prevention project funded by USAID. R2P is led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health and managed by CCP. R2Ppartners with faculty throughout the Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing, as well as Tulane University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of North Carolina. R2P seeks to answer the question: What are the most effective interventions for preventing the spread of HIV? R2P aims to promote greater use of evidence in the design and implementation of HIV prevention programs in countries most affected by the HIV epidemic. In partnership with organizations in developing countries, R2P will conduct research to identify the most effective interventions for preventing HIV, promote increased use of data to guide programs and policies, and build capacity for applied research among health professionals.

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