President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Cote d'Ivoire

Funding locally, thinking globally.

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a five year, fifteen billion dollar program to fight HIV/AIDS in over 100 countries around the world, with targeted initiatives in fifteen of the globe's worst affected countries, including Cote d'Ivoire. This year, PEPFAR is spending more than $84 million dollars in Cote d'Ivoire in partnering with local and international organizations to help reinforce the capacity of Ivoirians to combat this threat to the medical, political, economic, and social stability of the country and West Africa.  This unprecedented initiative aims to combat HIV/AIDS by working in close coordination with Ivoirian organizations to prevent the spread of the disease, to treat those who have been infected, and provide care for orphans and vulnerable children who have been affected by the disease.  While the funding and resources are coming from the people of the United States, many of the initiatives are coming from grassroots organizations and individuals in Cote d'Ivoire.  Together we will defeat this devastating disease and bring hope for future generations to live free of AIDS.

What is PEPFAR?  Answers to common questions

 

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‘Interconnected Lives’: PEPFAR/PAS photo exhibit looks at HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire

With $120 million to support the fight against HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire this year, PEPFAR – the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief – has the numbers to prove we are making a difference.Photographer Nadia Bettega went looking for something beyond the numbers.... (more)

Prof. Kadio, president of the new Country Coordinating Mechanism

Reformed CCM takes charge of Global Fund activities

A new Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), strengthened by structural reforms and elections, has assumed its role of leading projects financed by the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Cote d’Ivoire. Election of new leadership completes a year-long, hotly debated process of important reforms designed to correct a variety of governance and conflict-of-interest problems that threatened the viability of the CCM and the health projects it is charged with guiding. The reform process, supported by technical and financial assistance from PEPFAR, paves the way for strengthened collaborative action between the country’s two major donors in the fight against HIV/AIDS.... (more)

PEPFAR budget rises to record $120 million to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

The U.S. government’s PEPFAR initiative has approved a plan to spend $120.5 million USD (about 51.831.298.290 FCFA) to extend the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, an increase of 43% from the previous fiscal year.The budget, covering the period April 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009, will support 37 prime partners and more than 75 subpartners providing HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services throughout the country.... (more)

The Power of Partnerships: Results

PEPFAR partners win tax exoneration

New York Times on PEPFAR: In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy (PDF)

 

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World AIDS Day: Leadership and Partnership

The U.S. Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire, Wanda L. Nesbitt said: “Leading the way together, the people of Côte d’Ivoire and the United States can and will achieve much more in the fight against HIV/AIDS.” Ambassador Nesbitt made this statement in an Op-Ed, as the world marked the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2007. For World AIDS Day 2007, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and of the United States have chosen complementary themes: “Leadership” and “The Power of Partnerships.” According to Ambassador Nesbitt, “The two [themes] go hand in hand, emphasizing the importance of political will and highlighting the successes and promise of partnerships in the fight against HIV/AIDS.".... (read the full text of the Op-Ed) (PDF Photo gallery)

Project to Help Children Launched in War-Affected West

Hundreds of orphans and vulnerable children in villages around Danane, in Cote d’Ivoire’s crisis-battered western region, will receive care and support through a PEPFAR-funded project launched Oct. 13 by the Ivorian nongovernmental organization Le Soutien.
Crowds filled Danane’s central esplanade for the launching ceremony, which included a parade of women’s groups from surrounding villages and words of thanks and encouragement from the city’s mayor, traditional leaders, officers of the military Forces Nouvelles, project leaders, and representatives of the National Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (PNOEV) and PEPFAR.... (more) photo Gallery

Open House at Le Soutien

The NGO Le Soutien provided an overview of its history and its new PEPFAR/NPI project and a tour of its new headquarters during an open house Oct. 20 for other NGOs, PEPFAR representatives, the news media, and other guests at Cocody II Plateaux 7e tranche.... (more) photo Gallery

Senate staffers visit PEPFAR Cote d’Ivoire

In preparation for congressional deliberation on a second five-year phase of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), two U.S. senate staffers visited Cote d’Ivoire this month as part of a four-country fact-finding mission to Africa.Shannon Smith and Mark Clack, aides to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland), respectively, toured PEPFAR-supported HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment sites and consulted with top Ivorian officials to gain insight into the workings, results, and challenges of the U.S.-funded initiative.... (more)

Cote d’Ivoire HIV/AIDS program draws support from top U.S. official

The leader of all U.S.-supported HIV/AIDS activities worldwide arrived in Abidjan Monday (July 16, 2007) to consult with top Ivorian government officials and get a firsthand look at the country’s fight against the epidemic. Ambassador Mark Dybul, who as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator heads the $15 billion PEPFAR initiative in 100 countries, was joined by Global Fund executive director Michel Kazatchkine and U.S. Ambassador Aubrey Hooks for visits with President Laurent Gbagbo; Prime Minister Soro Guillaume; Minister of the Fight Against AIDS Christine Adjobi; Minister of Health Allah Kouadio Remy; Minister of National Education Gilbert Bleu Lainé; Minister of Family, Women, and Social Affairs Jeanne Peumond; and representatives of civil society.... (more)

Ivoirian Soccer Maestro Becomes PEPFAR Ambassador Against HIV/AIDS

Ivoirian international footballer Touré Yaya Gnégnéry has been sworn in as an Ambassador in the "Sports for Life" program, a campaign tailored by the PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) to fight HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire. The document making Mr. Touré, 24, an HIV/AIDS campaigner was officially signed on July 9, 2007 at a ceremony in Abidjan.... (more) 

Ivorian Soccer Star Joins PEPFAR Team Against HIV/AIDS

Ivorian soccer superstar TOURE Yaya Gnegnery has joined the PEPFAR team in the fight against HIV/AIDS as Ambassador-at-Large for Sports for Life, a campaign that equips thousands of young soccer-playing boys and girls with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves against the disease.... (more)

PEPFAR budget grows again – to record $84 million – to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

The U.S. government has approved an additional $19 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, bringing its 2007 PEPFAR commitment to a record $84 million USD, the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan has announced.... (more)

Growing U.S. PEPFAR contribution to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

The U.S. government’s PEPFAR initiative will grow to more than $65 million USD (32 billion FCFA) this year to strengthen and expand the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, the U.S. Embassy has announced.... (more)

PEPFAR official earns Côte d’Ivoire’s Order of Merit medal

Dr. Monica Nolan, former CDC chief of party in Côte d’Ivoire, has been awarded the African nation’s Order of Merit medal in recognition of her extraordinary leadership in helping to build a national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.... (more)

Annual Meeting of the PEPFAR Partners in Côte d'Ivoire

An annual meeting of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) partners in Côte d'Ivoire opened on March 26 at the Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan. Over 250 delegates -- including Ivoirian officials from the Ministry of Health in charge of AIDS, as well as local and international NGO representatives -- are attending the three-day conference. In his opening address, the US Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Aubrey Hooks, underlined the positive results already achieved in Cote d'Ivoire as part of the PEPFAR-sponsored programs and efforts aimed at fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

PEPFAR delegation tours North, helps launch HIV/AIDS project for uniformed services

Community sensitization on HIV/AIDS and exchanges with local health authorities marked a week-long PEPFAR delegation tour of northern Cote d’Ivoire culminating in the launch of an HIV/AIDS program for the uniformed services and the national celebration of International Woman’s Day in Korhogo.... (more)

Three New PEPFAR Partners to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Ivorian Communities

Ivorians in dozens of communities will benefit from improved HIV/AIDS prevention and care, including services for people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable children, thanks to three major new grants awarded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ... (More)

Ivoirian HIV/AIDS Activist Meets President Bush at the White House

U.S. President George W. Bush received Mr. Cyriaque Yapo Ako, Executive Director of the Réseau Ivoirien des Organisations des Personnes Vivant avec le VIH/SIDA (RIP+), at the White House on Dec. 1 as part of a World AIDS Day observance during which the president also announced three new grants for HIV/AIDS prevention and care projects in Cote d’Ivoire ... (More)

World AIDS Day - December 1, 2006

On World AIDS Day, the world remembers those who have died or lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS and rededicates itself to preventing further suffering and death. In Cote d’Ivoire, where women are twice as likely as men to be HIV-positive, observances will focus on "The Feminization of HIV/AIDS: Time to act" in conjunction with the global PEPFAR theme of “The Promise of Partnerships.” The national observance will be Dec. 1 in Agboville, with a variety of events planned for other date and places ... (more)