Mortality Surveillance Workshop
Despite the decline in HIV-related deaths around the globe, statistics show that almost 1 million people die from HIV/AIDS each year. To mitigate the HIV mortality rate in Nigeria, Caritas Nigeria, through a Mortality Surveillance and Verbal Autopsy workshop in Enugu State, strengthened the capacity of frontline workers in 10 HIV treatment service delivery facilities (SDF) in the state.
Health Systems Strengthening Initiative in Enugu and Imo States
Given the need to reduce the prevalence of undiagnosed HIV and new infections, our teams in Enugu and Imo States trained community testers and health personnel from community-based organizations in Advanced HIV Diseases (AHD) and Recency testing.
Data Quality Assessment
The importance of data in HIV programming cannot be overemphasized. Further to improving performance measurement, accurate and reliable data provide facts about HIV testing, linkage, and retention.
Strengthening the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Strategy
With the support of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Caritas Nigeria is working to achieve the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in its 4GATES program states of Abia, Delta, Enugu, and Imo.
Infrastructural Upgrade in Enugu State
As part of Caritas Nigeria’s health systems strengthening initiatives, at the start of the second quarter of the year 2022, our regional office in Enugu State led by team lead, Fabian Bassey, donated thirty printers and cartridges to twenty-eight service delivery facilities supported by the 4GATES program in the state.