Partners

Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Fight Against HIV, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Water and Forests, General Direction of Customs, Etat Major des Forces Armees des Forces Nouvelles, UNICEF, PNLP, CARE International, WHO, United Methodist Church, as well as local and international NGOs.

Current Donors

PEPFAR via the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention and ANADER; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria via CARE International; and the United Nations Foundation.

HIV/AIDS Prevention

PSI/Côte d’Ivoire incorporates a number of interventions into its HIV-prevention strategy. With support from PEPFAR via CDC, PSI/Côte d’Ivoire partnered with the government and local organizations to create Operation Haute-Protection. OHP provides HIV counseling and testing services, behavior change communication, peer education sessions, condoms and STI kits to the uniformed services, their families and local communities nationwide. PSI/Côte d’Ivoire also distributes palliative care kits, which comprises an informational pamphlet, condoms, oral rehydration salts, an LLIN, safe water treatment and a jerry can. Through the AIDS Prevention on West Africa Migratory Axes project, PSI/ Côte d’Ivoire reaches out to transport workers and commercial sex workers with a comprehensive BCC, STI care and mobile counseling and testing approach on-site. PSI has partnered with ANADER, an Ivorian agricultural organization funded by PEPFAR, to provide HIV/AIDS prevention services in rural areas. Since 2006, PSI has developed a vast program delivering CT mobile services, which has visited more than 140 rural villages. PSI also provides palliative care kits to people living with HIV/AIDS through ANADER.

Malaria Prevention

PSI/Côte d’Ivoire’s malaria prevention program is one of the fi rst in the country. Since Spring 2008, PSI has delivered close to one million mosquito nets to pregnant women and children under the age of fi ve. In November 2008, PSI distributed about 800,000 free long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in five days in18 districts to more than 3,000 sites for a countrywide vaccination campaign.

Child Survival

The oral rehydration salt product Orasel has been marketed by PSI throughout Côte d’Ivoire since 1998. The product is part of a campaign that aims to reduce the incidence of diarrheal diseases among children under five. A new fl avor, Orasel Orange, will debut in 2009. Future plans include launching a safe drinking water project through a point-of-use water treatment product targeted at people living in rural areas.

Building Local Capacity

To promote sustainability of program interventions, PSI/Côte d'Ivoire works with local organization to provide ongoing technical assistance. Under its HIV program, PSI created a liaison offi ce, composed of offi cers from each uniformed service (Military, Gendarmes, Water and Forest, Customs, Police, Forces Nouvelles) to serve as a focal point between PSI and the respective uniformed services unit. This liaison office is empowered to directly plan and supervise HIV prevention activities and peer educators. Equally, PSI works to strengthen institutional and technical capacities of local partner NGOs. PSI/Côte d'Ivoire offers programmatic, financial and strategic assistance to local NGOs, such as the Military Wives Association and the local Red Cross who support people living with HIV and transient populations, respectively.

In 2008, PSI/Côte d'Ivoire estimates that its programs resulted in over 394,000 DALYs saved. PSI/CI also estimates that its HIV and malaria programs resulted in 57,000 and 385,000 DALYs saved, respectively.