OUR PROGRAM: CÔTE D’IVOIREWorking with Women, Children, and Families to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS

About the Côte d’Ivoire Program

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) began supporting HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs in Côte d’Ivoire in 2004, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services in 2005. Through its program implementation, research, and advocacy efforts, EGPAF/Côte d’Ivoire is working to eliminate HIV infection and to increase access to comprehensive, high-quality, well-integrated HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for women, children, and families living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. As of March 2013, EGPAF was supporting activities within seven regions and 14 districts through CDC/PEPFAR funding.

HIV in Côte d’Ivoire

Approximately 450,000 people are living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire. Of those, approximately 220,000 are women and 63,000 are children under the age of 15. (UNAIDS, 2012)

In 2012, 24 percent of HIV-positive women in Côte d’Ivoire transmitted the virus to their children. (UNAIDS, 2013)

Key Program Accomplishments

Since 2004, the Côte d’Ivoire program has worked with the Ivorian Ministry of Health (MOH) to combat the national HIV epidemic by:

• Providing more than 995,240 women with PMTCT services.

• Enrolling more than 83,594 clients into HIV care and support programs including more than 7,944 children under the age of 15.

• Starting more than 42,384 individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV, including more than 3,150 children

under the age of 15.

*Data cumulative from program start through September 30, 2013.

Key Projects in Côte d’Ivoire

EGPAF is supporting the MOH through important initiatives, including:

• Project Djidja: EGPAF is helping transition PEPFAR HIV service delivery to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and local/national Ivorian organizations. Project Djidja, funded by CDC, is implemented in the southeastern and central parts of the country (including Abidjan) and specifically supports 82 sites. Key programmatic areas include health systems strengthening; promotion of local ownership of programs, including EGPAF’s local affiliate organization, Fondation Ariel Glaser; support for a pre-service training program with local educational institutions; and service delivery for prevention, care, support, and treatment of

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BOUNKANI-GONTOUGO

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INDENIE-DJUABLIN

N’ZI-IFOU

TONKPI

HAUT-SASSANDRA MARAHOUÉ

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San Pedro

Sassandra

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Soubré

Odienne

Gagnoa

Oumé

Daloa

Issia

Vavoua

Tiébissou

Toumodi

Yamoussoukro

Didiévi

Alépé

Dabou

Sikensi

Grand-Lahou

Jacqueville

Tiassalé

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Zuénoula

Bangolo

Biankouma

Danané

Zouan-Hounien

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Duékoué

Blolequin

Guiglo

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Bettié

Agnibilekrou

Bocanda

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M’Bahiakro

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Korhogo

Tengrela

Lakota Divo

Aboisso

Adiaké

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Niakaramandougou

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Bouna

Nassian

Tanda

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Project Djidja

Project Keneya

Both Projects

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HIV/AIDS. EGPAF plans to expand its health systems strengthening work to build the capacity of Ivorian institutions at selected MOH regional health directorates. During 2011 and 2012, EGPAF transitioned HIV service delivery to Fondation Ariel in seven regions. EGPAF’s focus on capacity building for Fondation Ariel Glaser aims to develop a more sustainable local infrastructure for service delivery and HIV programming activities in Côte d’Ivoire.

• Project Keneya: Project Keneya aims to strengthen the technical and organizational capacity of local organizations for effective management and sustainable interventions for HIV prevention, care, and support with CDC funds. Two local non-profit organizations in the Gbeke and Poro-Tchologo-Bagoué regions benefitted from EGPAF’s funding and technical support, and were able to subgrant and monitor a total of 11 smaller local service delivery NGOs in return. Project Keneya’s primary goal is to create a sustainable local response to HIV/AIDS through strengthened

prevention and care services. The project was designed as a response to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, their families and caregivers, and People Living with HIV/AIDS in northern Côte d’Ivoire who have been severely impacted by 10 years of political crisis and instability. Several of the accomplishments achieved by this project as of September 2012 include:

• 25,997 clients received testing and counseling services for HIV and received their test results;

• 5,319 adult People Living with HIV/AIDS provided with a minimum of one preventive and/or support services;

• 13,299 targeted adults and youth reached with individual and/or small group level preventive interventions that are based on evidence and/or meet the minimum standards required; and

• 8,523 orphans and vulnerable children served.

WHY IT MATTERS

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Elizabeth Glaser acquired HIV in 1981 through a blood transfusion and unknowingly passed the virus on to her daughter Ariel and her son Jake. Following Ariel’s death in 1988, Elizabeth joined with two close friends with one goal: to bring hope to children with AIDS. The foundation that now bears Elizabeth Glaser’s name has become a global leader in the fight to eliminate pediatric AIDS, working in 15 countries and at more than 7,300 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children and to help those already infected with the virus. EGPAF’s global mission is to implement prevention, care, and treatment programs; further advance innovative research; and give those affected by HIV and AIDS a voice - bringing dramatic change to the lives of millions of children, women, and families worldwide.

To find out more about EGPAF’s work to eliminate pediatric AIDS, visit www.pedaids.org.

Partners

The activities described here were made possible by the active leadership of the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the generous support of the American

people through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and

other development partners. The content included here is the responsibility of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and does not

necessarily reflect the views of CDC, the United States Government, or other EGPAF sponsors. The 2014 budget for EGPAF’s Côte d’Ivoire program totals

$11.5 million.