NEWS
Health Policy Initiative's Work on Gender in Mali Featured on IGWG Website
The Health Policy Initiative and IGWG worked together to overcome gender barriers to advancing women's reproductive health in Mali. The IGWG recently featured this work on its website. read more...
Islamic Leaders Become a Force for Change in Indonesia's HIV Response
To build support for HIV prevention at the community level in Indonesia, the USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1, partnered with two prominent Islamic organizations, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama. Focusing on East Java, the project strengthened the HIV advocacy capacity of the organizations' provincial leaders, Syafiq Abdul Mughni and H. Sonhaji Abdussomad, respectively. These leaders have recruited additional HIV champions, forming a team of eight leaders representing district government bodies and different sectors within the Islamic community (including a university and women's group). The team members have become influential advocates for improved HIV responses at the community level. As a result, Muslim communities and organizations have become sensitized to HIV issues, are drafting HIV action plans and incorporating HIV into school curricula, and have committed to forming a network of district-level religious leaders to address HIV. read more...
Laying the Foundation: PLHIV in MENA Share Knowledge, Build a Network
The strongest barrier to PLHIV engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been stigma-related isolation—isolation from each other, from information about HIV, and from the regional and global PLHIV community. The work of the Health Policy Initiative and its partners has given a core group of PLHIV the tools to break the isolation PLHIV face in the region and build a network of support and a path to PLHIV leadership. read more...
Country Spotlight: Kenya
In Kenya, Task Order 1 of the USAID | Health Policy Initiative works with civil society and government partners to address critical health challenges.
The project's HIV assistance supports the efforts of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to expand access to antiretroviral treatment, avert new infections, and provide care for people affected by the epidemic, including orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).