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  • CDC Country Director Dr. Bruce B. Struminger and Minister of Health and Hygiene Dr. Allah Kouadio Remi
    CDC Director receives ‘Knight of Public Health’ medal

    Outgoing CDC Country Director Dr. Bruce B. Struminger has been awarded the medal of the Knight of the Order of Public Health (Chevalier de l’Ordre de La Santé Publique) for his contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire. Struminger, whose two-year tenure included a massive scale-up of antiretroviral treatment, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and other ..  

  • PEPFAR Results FY2008

     

  • Photo Exhibit
    Interconnected Lives’: PEPFAR/PAS photo exhibit looks at HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire

    With $120 million to support the fight against HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire this year, PEPFAR – the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief – has the numbers to prove we are making a difference.Photographer Nadia Bettega went looking for something beyond the numbers....  

  • The New Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)
    Reformed CCM takes charge of Global Fund activities

    A new Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), strengthened by structural reforms and elections, has assumed its role of leading projects financed by the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Cote d’Ivoire. Election of new leadership completes a year-long, hotly debated process of important reforms designed to correct a... 

  • HIV/AIDS prevention and care for men and women in uniform (shown here during a World AIDS Day parade last December in Man)
    PEPFAR budget rises to record $120 million to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

    The U.S. government’s PEPFAR initiative has approved a plan to spend $120.5 million USD (about 51.831.298.290 FCFA) to extend the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, an increase of 43% from the previous fiscal year.The budget, covering the period April 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009, will support 37 prime partners and more than 75 subpartners providing HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services throughout the country....  

  • The Power of Partnerships: Results (PDF 98 Kb)

     

  • New York Times on PEPFAR: In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy (PDF 104 Kb)

     

  • World AIDS Day 2007
    World AIDS Day: Leadership and Partnership

    The U.S. Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire, Wanda L. Nesbitt said: “Leading the way together, the people of Côte d’Ivoire and the United States can and will achieve much more in the fight against HIV/AIDS.” Ambassador Nesbitt made this statement in an Op-Ed, as the world marked the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2007. For World AIDS Day 2007, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and of the United States have chosen complementary themes: “Leadership” and “The Power of Partnerships.” According to Ambassador Nesbitt, “The two [themes] go hand in hand, emphasizing the importance of political will and highlighting the successes and promise of partnerships in the fight against HIV/AIDS."....   Photo Gallery (PDF 188 Kb)  »

  • Women from Teapleu, one of the villages in Danane department benefiting from the PEPFAR project by Le Soutien, display some of the fruit of their income-generating activities.
    Project to Help Children Launched in War-Affected West

    Hundreds of orphans and vulnerable children in villages around Danane, in Cote d’Ivoire’s crisis-battered western region, will receive care and support through a PEPFAR-funded project launched Oct. 13 by the Ivorian nongovernmental organization Le Soutien.... 

  • Bossou Stanislas Aurelien, left, executive director of Le Soutien’s Project Nunsseu, gives bicycles to HIV/AIDS committee members for their prevention and care work at the village level.
    Open House at Le Soutien

    The NGO Le Soutien provided an overview of its history and its new PEPFAR/NPI project and a tour of its new headquarters during an open house Oct. 20 for other NGOs, PEPFAR representatives, the news media, and other guests at Cocody II Plateaux 7e tranche....  

  • U.S. Senate staffer Shannon Smith, in blue, gets a firsthand view of PEPFAR-supported OVC programs during a visit to Cote d’Ivoire, with (at her left) PEPFAR Cote d’Ivoire Coordinator Jyoti Schlesinger and National OVC Program Director Dr. Clementine Koua-Anderson. At the back is CDC Chief of Party Dr. Bruce Struminger.
    Senate staffers visit PEPFAR Cote d’Ivoire

    In preparation for congressional deliberation on a second five-year phase of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), two U.S. senate staffers visited Cote d’Ivoire this month as part of a four-country fact-finding mission to... 

  • U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul meets with a 14-year-old member of N’Zrama, an association of OVC, in Bouake. They are flanked by Ivorian National HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program Director Dr. Virginie Traore, left, and PEPFAR Country Coordinator Jyoti Schlesinger
    Cote d’Ivoire HIV/AIDS program draws support from top U.S. official

    The leader of all U.S.-supported HIV/AIDS activities worldwide arrived in Abidjan Monday (July 16, 2007) to consult with top Ivorian government officials and get a firsthand look at the country’s fight against the epidemic. Ambassador Mark Dybul, who as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator heads the $15 billion PEPFAR initiative in 100 countries,... 

  • Former Ambassador Hooks and Ivoirian international footballer Touré Yaya Gnégnéry during the ceremony
    Ivoirian Soccer Maestro Becomes PEPFAR Ambassador Against HIV/AIDS

    Ivoirian international footballer Touré Yaya Gnégnéry has been sworn in as an Ambassador in the "Sports for Life" program, a campaign tailored by the PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) to fight HIV/AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire. The document making Mr. Touré, 24, an HIV/AIDS campaigner was officially signed on July 9, 2007 at a ceremony in Abidjan....  

  • Ivorian soccer superstar TOURE Yaya Gnegnery
    Ivorian Soccer Star Joins PEPFAR Team Against HIV/AIDS

    Ivorian soccer superstar TOURE Yaya Gnegnery has joined the PEPFAR team in the fight against HIV/AIDS as Ambassador-at-Large for Sports for Life, a campaign that equips thousands of young soccer-playing boys and girls with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves against the disease....  

  • Former Deputy Chief of Mission Vincent Valle joins PEPFAR and Ivorian officials to inaugurate an HIV counseling and testing center June 2 in Gagnoa. PEPFAR’s record $84 million USD budget for 2007 will fund expanded HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs throughout the country.
    PEPFAR budget grows again – to record $84 million – to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

    The U.S. government has approved an additional $19 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, bringing its 2007 PEPFAR commitment to a record $84 million USD, the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan has announced....  

  • Former Ambassador Aubrey Hooks and Former Ministry of Health in charge of AIDS
    Growing U.S. PEPFAR contribution to expand fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire

    The U.S. government’s PEPFAR initiative will grow to more than $65 million USD (32 billion FCFA) this year to strengthen and expand the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire, the U.S. Embassy has announced....  

  • Dr. Monica Nolan, left, was made an officer in the Order of Merit of Cote d’Ivoire for her work in fighting HIV/AIDS. Ivorian Minister of Health Dr. Allah Kouadio Remi awarded her the medal.
    PEPFAR official earns Côte d’Ivoire’s Order of Merit medal

    Dr. Monica Nolan, former CDC chief of party in Côte d’Ivoire, has been awarded the African nation’s Order of Merit medal in recognition of her extraordinary leadership in helping to build a national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic....  

  • Former Ambassador Hooks
    Annual Meeting of the PEPFAR Partners in Côte d'Ivoire

    An annual meeting of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) partners in Côte d'Ivoire opened on March 26 at the Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan. Over 250 delegates -- including Ivoirian officials from the Ministry of Health in charge of AIDS, as well as local and international NGO representatives -- are attending ... 

  • Former Deputy Chief of Mission presents Forces Nouvelles representative General Michel Gueu with a map of intervention sites of Operation Haute Protection, the PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS prevention and care project for the uniformed services and their partners launched by Population Services International.
    PEPFAR delegation tours North, helps launch HIV/AIDS project for uniformed services

    Community sensitization on HIV/AIDS and exchanges with local health authorities marked a week-long PEPFAR delegation tour of northern Cote d’Ivoire culminating in the launch of an HIV/AIDS program for the uniformed services and the national celebration of International Woman’s Day in Korhogo....  

  • U.S. Former President George W. Bush announced the awards to RIP+, Le Soutien, Geneva Global, and other recipients during World AIDS Day ceremonies at the White House that included RIP+ Executive Director Ako Yapo Cyriaque (at right).
    Three New PEPFAR Partners to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Ivorian Communities

    Ivorians in dozens of communities will benefit from improved HIV/AIDS prevention and care, including services for people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable children, thanks to three major new grants awarded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ... 

  • Former President Bush and Laura Bush posing with HIV/AIDS Activist Mr. Ako Cyriaque
    Ivoirian HIV/AIDS Activist Meets Former President Bush at the White House

    U.S. President George W. Bush received Mr. Cyriaque Yapo Ako, Executive Director of the Réseau Ivoirien des Organisations des Personnes Vivant avec le VIH/SIDA (RIP+), at the White House on Dec. 1 as part of a World AIDS Day observance during which the president also announced three new grants for HIV/AIDS prevention and care projects in Cote d’Ivoire ... 

  • World AIDS Day 2006
    World AIDS Day - December 1, 2006

    On World AIDS Day, the world remembers those who have died or lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS and rededicates itself to preventing further suffering and death. In Cote d’Ivoire, where women are twice as likely as men to be HIV-positive, observances will focus on "The Feminization of HIV/AIDS: Time to act" in conjunction with the global PEPFAR theme of “The Promise of Partnerships.” The national observance will be Dec. 1 in Agboville, with a variety of events planned for other date and places