The APHIA-Nyanza Project

In Kenya’s Nyanza province, EngenderHealth and our partners are working to improve and expand sustainable HIV and tuberculosis prevention, treatment, care and support services, along with integrated reproductive health, safe motherhood, family planning, malaria, and selected child survival services. The project, know as APHIA II Nyanza (AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance) is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It brings together five internationally recognized organizations under the leadership of EngenderHealth: AED, CHAK, I-TECH, IDCCS and PATH. The Project supports Kenya's Ministry of Health, as well as faith-based and community-based organizations and coordinates with other agencies working in the province, such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to reach its goal to reduce the risk of HIV transmission and the fertility rate in Nyanza by

• Improving and expanding sustainable facility-based services for HIV, TB, reproductive health, family planning, malaria and maternal child health;
• Improving and expanding civil society activities in order to increase healthier behaviors, including prevention programs that target at-risk populations;
• Linking health services to the community;
• Improving home and community support programs for people and families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, including orphans and other vulnerable children;
• Reducing the stigma associated with HIV.

For more information, please contact Dr. Job Obwaka, Project Director, at aphia@aphianyanza.org.