The ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE) project that we implement is funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). The project is currently focused in four states, Nasarawa State, Rivers State, Kastina State and the Federal Capital Territory.
ASPIRE Project
The ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE) project that we implement is funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
The project is currently focused in four states, Nasarawa State, Rivers State, Kastina State and the Federal Capital Territory. It is aimed at
- Reducing mortality of people living with HIV (PLHIV) by providing services for them to know their HIV status and be linked to quality sustained treatment.
- Improving the quality of life of people living with HIV: 95% of clients identified are to be linked to treatment, be virally suppressed and reduce further transmission including elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- Increasing uptake of prevention services including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis by those at risk especially key population and underserved groups such as adolescents.
- Strengthening laboratory capacity to achieve quality clinical management for HIV and other health challenges.
- Empowering quality health care and sustainable culture of excellence in the management of HIV through Continuous Quality Improvement.
- Strengthening the capacity of the Government of Nigeria for a sustainable HIV program: flowing out of a strengthened health care enterprise is the capacity of the Government of Nigeria to embrace a sustainability plan for leadership, governance, and informed investment in HIV programs.
ASPIRE project provides the following services in the health facilities we support: HIV Testing Services (HTS), laboratory diagnosis and tracking of status of people living with HIV, prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) for adult and children (including pregnant women), care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and people affected by HIV/AIDS, monitoring and evaluation of patients and program progress, support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), gender-Based Violence (GBV) support services and training in all the above areas.
ASPIRE project is follow on project to ACHIEVE (2017-2022), ACTIONPlusUp (2012 -2017), ACTIONPlus (2010-2012) and AIDS Care and Treatment in Nigeria (ACTION) projects (2004 to 2010).
ASPIRE Project
The footprints of our impact in improving the health care system is indelibly planted across the country where we have worked and currently work in implementing several health programs.
The ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE) project that we implement is funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
The project is currently focused in four states, Nasarawa State, Rivers State, Kastina State, and the Federal Capital Territory. It is aimed at
Clients receive antiretroviral drugs through a community ART group, a “Differentiated Model of Care” arrangement to ease access to HIV medications.
ASPIRE project provides the following services in the health facilities we support: HIV Testing Services (HTS), laboratory diagnosis and tracking of status of people living with HIV, prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) for adult and children (including pregnant women), care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and people affected by HIV/AIDS, monitoring and evaluation of patients and program progress, support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Gender-Based Violence (GBV) support services and training in all the above areas.
ASPIRE project is a follow on project to ACHIEVE (2017-2022), ACTIONPlusUp (2012 -2017), ACTIONPlus (2010-2012), and AIDS Care and Treatment in Nigeria (ACTION) projects (2004 to 2010).