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Integrated Family Health Project, or PISAF (Projet Intégré de Santé Familiale)

PISAF is a five-year cooperative agreement awarded on March 28, 2006 to University Research Corporation, LLC and Abt Associates. PISAF works with key Ministry of Health staff in the Family Health Directorate, the National Malaria Control Program, and the National AIDS Control Program. The project provides direct assistance and support for the government's national policies and strategies to improve the health status of the Benin population through health activities that focus on management, training and supervision. PISAF interventions center on an integrated package of health services including antenatal care, family planning, integrated management of childhood illness, and HIV/AIDS (Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission). Activities are concentrated in the central region (Zou/Collines) with discrete activities in the north and southeast regions (Borgou/Alibori and Ouémé/Plateau).

IMPACT is a cooperative agreement with Population Services International (PSI). PSI's main partners in implementation are JHPIEGO Corporation, Abt Associates, and the local NGO OSV-JORDAN. This five year project (2006-2011) is aimed at achieving four main objectives:

Improve availability and access to HIV/AIDS, reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) and Child Survival products;
Increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS, RH/FP and Child Survival to increase demand for and use of products and services;
Promote and support implementation of best practices in integrated services;
Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and the government of Benin to manage and implement the national HIV/AIDS program and advocate for policies that create a supportive environment for social marketing and the provision of health services.

Social marketing activities are implemented nationwide and cover a wide range of health commodities including, but not limited to condoms, oral and injectable contraceptives, bed nets, and oral re-hydration salts. Integrated Family Planning and HIV/AIDS services are offered in two selected clinics (Glazoué and Kalalé). Behavior change communication activities target at risk groups such as sex workers, youth and truckers.

In December 2006, Benin was selected as one of the countries to receive funding during the third year of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Inclusion in PMI will allow Benin to accelerate delivery on a national level of a package of proven interventions focusing on prevention and effective treatment. The program is designed to achieve 85% coverage of the most vulnerable groups - principally pregnant women and children under five years of age - with preventive and therapeutic interventions and reduce malaria deaths by 50%. PMI uses four highly effective interventions:

This three year and 4.5 million U.S. dollars project started in September, 2009 and will contribute to reducing morbidity and mortality through the integrated management of childhood illnesses including malaria, diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections at the community level and awareness on immunization and nutrition. Management Science for Health (MSH) and Academy for Educational Development (AED) implement the project.

ICCM covers five health zones in the departments of Alibori, Borgou, and Donga. Health areas concerned are: Kandi-Ségbana-Gogounou, Banikoara Djougou-Kopargou-Ouake, Bassila and Tchaourou.

Develop, enhance, and maximize the capacity of local NGOs to work together with health zones in five localities in order to provide communities with access to basic health care.
Initiate actions in the five health zones, to ensure a link between health facilities, community health workers and households to provide for a package of care.
Make a plea for the distribution by community health workers of cotrimoxazole for the treatment of acute respiratory infections.
Contribute to the institutionalization of the provision by the community of an integrated package of care, including the development of key messages on immunization and nutrition.

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