Ethiopia - Pathfinder International

poverty. The project has four objectives: (1) Contribute to
the reduction of the spread of STIs and HIV/AIDS, and
reduce stigma and discrimination against and improve
the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS and
their families; (2) Increase access to quality RH services
through diversified service delivery approaches and
geographical expansion of programs; (3) Contribute to
the national effort to increase access to adolescent RH
information and services and; (4) Enhance the capacity
of sub-grantee NGOs/CSOs to enable them to manage
integrated quality HIV/AIDS, FP, and family health
programs and services toward sustainable strategies and
accountability. The key component of the SIDA project
is building the capacity of CSOs/NGOs and enhancing
the capacity of Pathfinder Ethiopia in HIV/AIDS care
and support interventions. The project is designed to
complement existing program city administrations (Addis
Ababa and Dire Dawa) through 12 civic organizations
and 11 local NGOs.
• Comprehensive Private Sector Reproductive
Health Program
This six-year program, funded by the Packard Foundation,
is designed to increase the accessibility and availability of
FP and RH, including HIV prevention, services through
the private sector in three major regions of Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa, Amhara, and Oromia). Pathfinder trains
private sector physicians, nurses, midwives, and community
health workers to offer a range of preventive and clinical
services. The program seeks to reduce fertility and maternal
and infant mortality, as well as to increase knowledge of,
and access to, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and
HIV/AIDS counseling and preventive services. Phase II of
the program, which began in January 2002, includes the
implementation of an adolescent sexual and reproductive
health component in selected areas. Pathfinder supports
youth groups, the media, and faith-based organizations to
provide information and services to Ethiopian youth,
particularly on STIs and HIV/AIDS prevention. Phase II
also includes expansion of outreach efforts to all major
marketplaces in the ten target woredas. With the help of
public address systems, marketplace agents spread the word
about FP, STIs, and HIV/AIDS, and then make referrals to
nearby clinics.
• Family Planning and Reproductive
Health Project
In 2002, Pathfinder was awarded a five-year USAID
agreement to support FP and RH activities in three focus
regions of Ethiopia (Amhara, Oromia, and SNNPR).
The project has been expanded to two more regional
states, Tigray and Benishangul–Gumuz, and one City
Administration: Addis Ababa. The project’s primary
emphasis is on providing integrated services through
traditional and alternative service-delivery mechanisms.
This includes community-based HIV/AIDS services, such
as home-based care, behavior change communication,
condom promotion, referrals for voluntary counseling
and testing, prevention of mother-to-child transmission
services, and working with vulnerable populations such as
youth and long distance drivers. Pathfinder is currently
working with 46 implementing partner organizations
spread over five regions, 42 zones, 250 woredas, and two
special woredas, with funding from various sources.
Twenty-three of the 46 partner organizations specifically
implement integrated RH and FP and HIV/AIDS care
and support programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Tilahun Giday, Country Representative
Pathfinder International/Ethiopia
P.O. Box 12655
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel:+251 (1) 613-330
Fax:+251 (1) 614-209
Email: TGiday@pathfind.org
www.pathfind.org • info@pathfind.org
0506/5k