It provides the following services in the health facilities that IHVN support.
ACTION TO CONTROL HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC THROUGH EVIDENCE (ACHIEVE)
The goal of the Achieve project is to support and improve the health and well-being of Vulnerable Children and their families in the LGA by implementing quality community based HIV/AIDS services in Abuja such as: OVC service and referrals for HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, following the Nigeria national guidelines.
- HIV Testing Services (HTS)
- Laboratory diagnosis and tracking of status of people living with HIV
- Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) for adult and children (including pregnant women)
- Care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and people affected by HIV/AIDS
- Monitoring and evaluation of patients and program progress.
- Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC),
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV) support services
- Training in all the above areas.
ACHIEVE Project Goals from October 2021 to September 2022 include,
- Start 31,346 HIV positive individuals (including 1,763 children) on Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) across four states in Nigeria.
- Continue to provide ART to 327,682 HIV positive adults (including 90,026 children) already on treatment.
- Provide TB/HIV services to 1,442 individuals co-infected with HIV and TB
- Provide 232,025 pregnant women with PMTCT counselling, testing and results
- Provide 5,552 HIV-infected pregnant women with ARV prophylaxis to prevent the transmission of HIV to their children
- Provide 5,708 HIV exposed infants with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for Infant Virological Testing (formerly known as Early Infant Diagnosis) and Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
- Give support services to 196,470 vulnerable children including adolescents and provide access to HIV prevention and care services. Read more…
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