To Strengthen HIV Services, This Ethiopian Organization is Taking 4 Steps to Focus on Gender Equality

By Clarke Glavin, 2021 IntraHealth-UNC Summer FellowJanuary 10, 2022Ethiopiamore than halved its number of new HIV infections in the country over the past decade. How?A big part of the answer lies in the local organizations that are leading Ethiopia ' s national HIV response. Now, with the help of IntraHealth International’sAccelerating Support to Advanced Local Partners (ASAP) project, one Ethiopian nonprofit is focusing on gender inequality as a way to get even stronger results.Mekdim Ethiopia National Association (MENA), a national nonprofit based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is working with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health to improve health services for the estimated670,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. They lead eight other organizations in implementing a three-year HIV prevention, care, and treatment project that works to ensure HIV/AIDS treatment for everyone.Within a short period of time, capacity building efforts enabled us to be a gender-inclusive organization.In partnership with ASAP—which provides training and technical support to local organizations and governments so they can serve as prime partners for USAID and US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programming—MENA has made big changes to advance gender equality in their work." Within a short period of time, capacity building efforts enabled us to be a gender-inclusive organization,” says Mr. Menelik Negussu Retta, MENA’s deputy executive direct...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Leadership and Governance Gender Equality Health Workforce & Systems Management and Performance Source Type: news