To effectively achieve the goal of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and CDC HIV intervention in Nigeria, Caritas Nigeria collaborates with community-based organizations to enhance HIV testing services across the three regions of Abia, Enugu, and Imo, where Caritas Nigeria currently implements the United States Government-funded Accelerated Control of HIV Epidemic and Sustainability Solutions (ACCESS) project.
Seeking to strengthen the joint HIV response in the states, Caritas Nigeria is currently hosting a partners’ forum with the CBOs, with a view to improving strategies of case identification, accurate documentation, and prompt referrals. The two-day meeting held in our country office in Abuja has the CBOs presenting their structures, strengths, challenges, and efforts toward combating new HIV infections in their communities.
In attendance were Caritas Nigeria program leadership and 13 CBOs namely:
Abia State:
Medico-Legal Aid Foundation
Aid for Community Sustainable Development Foundation (ACSD)
Greenlight Community-Based Foundation
Zinnok Initiative for Women & Children
Sisters Against Cancer and HIV Initiative (SACHI)
Safe Haven
Enugu State:
Christian Centre for Community Development (3CD)
Economic & Social Empowerment of Rural Communities (ESRC)
Community Centre for Integrated Development & Good Health Awareness (CIDHA)
Imo State:
Community Service Network (CSN)
Access to Good Health Initiative (AGHI)
Team 111 (Kentrick Centre for Health Care- (KCHC)
Economic & Social Empowerment of Rural Communities (ESRC)
