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Objective: Increased Use of Community Health Services, Including HIV/AIDS
PEPFAR (HIV/AIDS) | President's Malaria Initiative | Family Planing | Maternal & Child Health
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR]
Rwanda is one of 15 focus countries for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Launched in Rwanda in 2004, PEPFAR supports the Government of Rwanda’s HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs. PEPFAR prevents new HIV infections, provides care and treatment for those living with and affected by the disease and strengthens the overall health care system. PEPFAR/Rwanda is a collaborative U.S. Government effort implemented by USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Defense, the Peace Corps, and the U.S. Embassy in Kigali. With nearly $124 million in PEPFAR funding in FY 2008, the United States is Rwanda’s largest partner on its fight against HIV/AIDS.
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President’s Malaria Initiative [PMI]
Rwanda is one of four second-round focus countries for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). PMI/Rwanda is led by USAID in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control. PMI’s goal is to reduce deaths due to malaria by half by reaching 85 percent of the most vulnerable groups – principally pregnant women, children under five years of age, and people living with HIV/AIDS – with lifesaving services, supplies and medicines.
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Family Planning and Reproductive Health
USAID supports the Government of Rwanda’s national family planning program which seeks to increase the demand, access, availability, quality and use of contraception. USAID works to increase the availability of family planning and reproductive health services. USAID buys the majority of the contraceptives used in the national family planning program and increasing male involvement and meeting unmet demand are integral aspects of the program. USAID’s local partners train and supervise health providers, sensitize Rwandans to the importance of family planning and purchase family planning commodities to ensure that health facilities can adequately meet their clients’ needs.
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Maternal and Child Health
Rwanda participates in the Safe Birth Africa Initiative, which aims to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in three to five years through proven lifesaving interventions such as skilled birth attendance, active management of third stage of labor and essential newborn care. USAID also trains health providers in the emergency care for pregnant women in order to improve maternal health in Rwanda. Child health programs work to reduce the childhood illnesses and deaths due to malaria.
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Health Sector Development
In addition to supporting the immediate goal of improving Rwandans’ health and saving lives, USAID’s health activities contribute to long-term capacity building and system strengthening. Significant support is provided through technical assistance to the Government of Rwanda for decentralization in the health sector, health policy development, pre-service training and competency-based nursing curricula design, support for masters and doctoral programs in public health, strengthening post-graduate medical training and health care financing.
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