2009-02-14T13:11:36Z

false Partners In Health (PIH) is a Boston-based non-profit organization working in 9 countries around the world with a mission to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. In 2010-2011, Global Health Corps Fellows will work at PIH sites in Rwanda, Malawi, and the United States. Partners In Health in Rwanda Inshuti Mu Buzima (“Partners In Health” in the Rwandan national language, Kinyarwanda) was launched in the spring of 2005 at the invitation of the Rwandan government. Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB) is part of an innovative partnership among strongly committed public and private organizations, including the Rwandan Ministry of Health, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative. Together, IMB and its partners have undertaken a commitment to scale up HIV treatment and care in rural Rwanda; to strengthen the country’s national training and evaluation programs; and to develop, document and disseminate a rural care model for HIV that can be adapted and replicated throughout Rwanda and other African countries. The PIH/IMB Hospitals and health centers in Rwanda now offer a full range of services including comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment programs, tuberculosis treatment, ambulatory primary care services prenatal care, family planning, malnutrition programs, and maternity and emergency obstetrical care. Partners In Health in Malawi In early 2007, at the invitation of the Clinton Foundation and the Ministry of Health in Malawi, PIH (Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU) in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi) began operating in Malawi to replicate the rural initiative programs that have proven so successful in delivering HIV treatment and comprehensive primary health care in Rwanda and Lesotho. The Malawi Ministry of Health directed PIH and CHDI to the impoverished rural area of Neno, and in early 2007, the partners began to implement an ambitious plan to combat the disease. Like PIH’s other projects, APZU combines treatment for HIV patients with comprehensive, community-based health care and programs to combat the conditions of extreme poverty in which disease takes root, including hunger and lack of access to clean water and decent housing, schools and livelihoods. Work for APZU began at the Neno Rural Hospital, a district health center about four hours drive from the capital city of Lilongwe. From Neno and ten other rural health centers, APZU serves about 100,000 people spread over an impoverished rural area about half the size of Rhode Island. Partners In Health in the United States The Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) project serves the sickest and most marginalized HIV patients in Boston. Adapting the accompagnateur model developed in Haiti, PIH’s only domestic healthcare program trains and employs community members to check in on HIV patients on a daily or weekly basis, making sure they attend medical appointments, take their medications and have access to other essential needs and social services. PACT also recruits and trains people from at-risk communities to become prevention and harm reduction leaders, conducting education and support activities with injection drug users to help them avoid becoming infected with HIV. 1 Partners In Health

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http://www.pih.org

2009-02-14T13:16:48Z

false In 2010-2011, Global Health Corps Fellows will work at the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative in Rwanda and Burundi. President William J. Clinton established the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) in 2002 to close the gap in access to AIDS medication by negotiating lower prices for lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, and by working with governments to improve the national health care systems required to deliver crucial medicines. In order to ensure that countries have the capacity to administer these commodities, CHAI works on the ground in 22 countries to support governments in the development of HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs for vulnerable populations, particularly children and those living in hard-to-reach, rural areas. Since 2002, CHAI has expanded its scope of work beyond ARVs to increase access to diagnostics and malaria medicines, as well as to address a variety of issues that must be overcome in order to turn the tide of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, including supporting governments to deliver HIV/AIDS services to underserved populations, increasing countries' human resource capacity to deliver care and treatment, and preventing the transmission of the disease from mothers to their children. 2 Clinton Health Access Initiative

2010-02-01T21:14:49Z

http://www.clintonfoundation.org

2009-02-14T13:19:42Z

false Village Health Works (VHW) is a non-profit organization based in the United States and working in Kigutu, Burundi with a mission of providing compassionate, culturally sensitive and excellent quality care to its patients in a safe and dignified environment. VHW was founded by Deogratias Niyizonkiza, an American citizen born in Burundi. Working in Burundi with communities suffering from socio-economic and health deprivation, VHW creates and strengthens health care facilities and services, secures clean water and safe food, and provides health education and economic opportunity. VHW began by opening a health center in Kigutu, where people have had almost no access to the most basic health care. With support from Partners In Health (PIH), VHW continues to recruit, train, and employ local health professionals. In addition to collaborating closely with community members, VHW works in partnership with the Burundi Ministry of Health and HIV/AIDS as well as other private and intergovernmental organizations who share its mission. Village Health Works is in its third year of operations, yet it has already seen tens of thousands of patients who would otherwise have no access to care, and completed construction of outpatient facilities. In its initial phase, clinical activities are focused on primary care, particularly pediatrics and women's health. Comprehensive services for HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB prevention and care, and a nutritional support program are also being rolled out. VHW employs a rights-based approach to health, providing care and medical treatment to all comers, regardless of the ability to pay. This is a central tenet of the VHW operational mission. 3 Village Health Works

2009-03-03T19:42:13Z

http://www.villagehealthworks.org

2009-02-14T13:24:32Z

false The Global Health and Security Initiative established the Southern African Center for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) to harness innovation in science and technology in order to improve Southern Africa's capacity to detect, identify and monitor infectious diseases of humans, animals and plants. SACIDS is the first regional network to embrace the concept of 'One Health' right from the start by linking 25 human and animal health institutions in Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and South Africa. Over time, it hopes to include other countries from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It links medical and veterinary, academic and research institutions involved with infectious diseases. Its headquarters is at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. 4 Global Health and Security Initiative

2009-03-03T19:45:48Z

http://www.ghsi.org

2009-02-14T13:31:16Z

false FACE AIDS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing and inspiring students to fight AIDS in Africa. FACE AIDS aims to build a broad-based movement of students seeking to increase global health equality. Working with Partners In Health (PIH), a respected health and social justice organization working to provide healthcare for the poor in nine countries, FACE AIDS runs income-generating projects with HIV associations in the Kirehe District of eastern Rwanda. These projects help members gain income by making beaded AIDS awareness pins. HIV association members place a portion of this income into a group savings account that eventually provides each association with startup capital for a sustainable small business, offering ongoing economic empowerment to the HIV association members. Students in FACE AIDS then distribute these pins in fundraising and awareness campaigns on campuses across the U.S. During these campaigns, FACE AIDS members spread a message of solidarity and social justice and inspire their peers to take action against global health inequity. FACE AIDS donates 100% of student fundraising proceeds, along with 1:1 matching grants from private donors, to PIH in Rwanda to support comprehensive healthcare for pin-makers and their communities. Since 2005, FACE AIDS has raised over $1.4 million to fight AIDS in Africa, and recruited over 200 chapters across the U.S. 5 FACE AIDS

2010-02-01T21:45:50Z

http://www.faceaids.org

2009-03-06T02:32:48Z

false Covenant House is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Incorporated in New York City in 1972, Covenant House has facilities in 21 cities throughout the United States, Canada, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Covenant House also operates 24-hour crisis hotlines in the United States (Covenant House NINELINE) and Mexico (Acercatel). In addition, Covenant House and its member sites are leading advocates on behalf of street youth at local, state, national and international levels of government. Covenant House is a member of the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Board of Directors of UNICEF and has taken on a prominent role in The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Covenant House sites are located in Anchorage, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Managua, Mexico City, Newark, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Tegucigalpa, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C. In addition to food, shelter, clothing and immediate crisis care, Covenant House provides a variety of services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth including medical care, educational and vocational programs, drug abuse treatment and prevention programs, legal aid services, recreation programs, mother/child programs, transitional living programs, life-skills training and street outreach. Covenant House provided residential and non-residential services to more than 70,000 youth in fiscal year 2008. Residential and Community Service Center programs cared for 29,922 while Covenant House Street Outreach teams served an additional 40,453 homeless and at-risk youth on the streets in the 20 cities where Covenant House operates facilities. 6 Covenant House International

2009-03-06T02:32:48Z

http://www.covenanthouse.org

2009-03-12T23:27:19Z

false The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences university with more than 5,500 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and its only school of public health, on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty practices at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, a mental health and addiction services network. UMDNJ is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in: the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and continuing education of health professionals and scientists; the conduct of biomedical, psychosocial, clinical and public health research; health promotion, disease prevention and the delivery of health care; and service to its communities and the entire state. Providing educational, research and service programs in communities throughout the State of New Jersey, nationally and internationally through advanced communication and information technologies, UMDNJ seeks to meet the needs of its diverse constituencies and improve the health and quality of life of the citizens of New Jersey and society at large. 7 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

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http://www.umdnj.edu

2009-04-14T17:50:20Z

false Stanford Health Policy (SHP) offers educational programs and conducts innovative, multidisciplinary research on critical issues of health policy and healthcare delivery. SHP addresses important healthcare issues: • How can the United States expand healthcare access for the uninsured in ways that are politically and economically feasible? • How can hospitals and clinics promote attitudes and practices among healthcare workers that make patient care safer? • What policies in the United States and abroad can improve health outcomes among ethnic minorities, the poor and other vulnerable populations? • What incentives will encourage physicians to provide the most appropriate and effective medical care? • How can the United States and other nations best prepare for and respond to a bioterrorist attack? • What approaches will work best in developing countries to prevent or limit the spread of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS? Operating under the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine, SHP produces sophisticated research and timely information to guide health policy and improve clinical practice. The center emphasizes multidisciplinary interaction and research, with faculty from diverse fields including medicine, economics, statistics, business, law, engineering, sociology and psychology. Located in the heart of the Stanford campus, SHP is a focus for health policy and outcomes research for the university. Participating faculty and staff are drawn from diverse fields including medicine, economics, statistics, business, law, engineering and psychology. The center's trainees include post-doctoral fellows and graduate and undergraduate students. 8 Stanford Health Policy

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http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu

2009-04-22T20:01:44Z

false The Global Health Corps Summer Training Institute at Stanford University is co-hosted by the Office of Global Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine. 9 Office of Global Health, Stanford School of Medicine

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http://ihealth.stanford.edu/

2010-02-01T21:04:45Z

false The Friends Women Association (FWA) is an organization led by and for women. It was started in 2002 by women who wanted to work together to help each other improve their lives, and in particular to address the problem of HIV/AIDS and violence against women in their community. FWA operates a health clinic in Kamenge for women with HIV/AIDS. Currently it has an active clientel of 120 patients, most of whom are women. It also serves the health needs of the community around the clinic so that it is not stigmatized as only a place for HIV/AIDS positive individuals. In additional to its ongoing services to its clients, the clinic conducts AIDS testing, counseling, nutritional support, and patient gatherings. 10 Friends Womens Association

2010-02-01T21:04:45Z

http://www.fwaburundi.com

2010-02-01T21:46:25Z

false The Access Project improves the health of impoverished people, communities and countries. The Access model: Apply business and management skills to public health systems in poor countries to increase access to life-saving drugs and critical health services. In Rwanda, the project applies its unique approach to health centers, the only medical facilities within reach for most of the country’s population of over nine million. With investments in management, training and infrastructure, Access equips these facilities and their staff to provide sustainable, high-quality health care for the thousands living in their vicinities. 11 The Access Project

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http://www.theaccessproject.com

2010-02-01T22:46:53Z

false The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. In the 20 years since the Foundation began, it have become a worldwide leader in the fight against pediatric AIDS by using three main strategies: funding critical research and training; launching and supporting global health initiatives to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and provide care and treatment; and advocating for children's health. The Foundation currently works in 17 countries and more than 4,500 sites worldwide. 12 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

2010-02-01T22:46:53Z

http://www.pedaids.org

2010-02-08T17:00:03Z

false Dignitas International (DI), is a Canadian medical humanitarian NGO that supports the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi in the implementation and scale-up of HIV-related services through the public health system. The organization was co-founded in 2003 by Dr. James Orbinski, who accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize as International President of Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and James Fraser, who is the current Executive Director. In partnership with the MOH HIV Unit in Malawi, Zomba Central Hospital, and the Zomba District Health Office, DI helps to provide clinical care for HIV positive patients and their families in a catchment area of about 700,000 people, where HIV seroprevalence is upwards of 14% of the adult population. According to the UNDP Human Development Index, Malawi is the 10th poorest country in the world, and is in the midst of a devastating human resource crisis in health care. In this setting, over 12,000 patients have been enrolled on ART since project inception in 2004, and it is expected by the end of 2010, over 15,000 patients will be on ART through the DI/MOH partnership in Zomba District. In addition to supporting ART provision and HIV clinical care in the main hospital, care has also been decentralized to over 19 rural health centers. Through training, supportive supervision and mentorship, DI has also worked with the MOH to scale up HTC services to 38 facilities within Zomba District, and PMTCT to 29 health facilities. Finally, DI coordinates TB-HIV integration activities and a dedicated Health Care Workers (Caring for the Carers) Clinic at the Zomba Central Hospital. In 2010, DI has secured funding to scale up their integrated primary care model of rural ART decentralization to five additional districts in Malawi, increasing their catchment area to over 2 million people. As an academic NGO, DI has established links with the University of Toronto, the British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the University of Capetown, REACH Trust Malawi and the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust. Research and knowledge translation activities for DI are primarily focused on monitoring and evaluation efforts and operations research activities directly related to program implementation and improvement in health services delivery (specifically in ART provision, PMTCT and TB/HIV Integration), and also to inform national policy change within Malawi. 13 Dignitas International

2010-02-08T17:00:54Z

http://www.dignitasinternational.org/

2010-02-08T19:24:16Z

false MASS works in Rwanda on two major projects in collaboration with Partners In Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health. The Butaro Hospital, currently under construction, will be the first hospital in the 400,000 person Burera district in northern Rwanda. The first phase of this project will be completed this spring. In late 2010 and 2011, MASS will design and oversee construction for a Tuberculosis ward and testing area, as well as conceptualize an expansion plan for the campus to anticipate growth. This project uses innovative patient flow and passive ventilation systems to reduce the nosocomial spread of TB. The Kirehe district hospital in southern Rwanda recently completed construction on its first building, but is currently lacking both a lab and a pharmacy, as well as other programs. MASS will design and oversee construction of a second round of buildings for this site, as well as develop strategies for future expansion and the growth of informal communities around the hospital campus. MASS sees both of these projects not simply as medical infrastructure, but also as civic infrastructure, as hospitals in these areas become anchors for new communities. Central to the work of the GHC fellows will be the creation of long-term strategies to accommodate and guide this civic development, considering the ramifications of different patterns of development on broader issues of global health. 14 MASS

2010-02-08T19:24:16Z

http://www.mass-group.org