Ethiopian Network for HIV and AIDS Treatment, Care and Support (ENHAT-CS) Program

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Date of Operation: 2011 - 2016

Primary Implementing Partner: Management Sciences for Health

Other Implementing Partner(s): Save the Children, International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Impact Ethiopia, Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Development, Dialogue and Action (EIFDDA), Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), HST Consulting, National Network of Positive Women Ethiopians (NNPWE), African Network for Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)

Regions of Operation: Amhara and Tigray

Goal:

To mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV (PLHIV), their families and the community

Objectives:

  • Improve the provision of comprehensive, quality essential HIV/AIDS services
  • Improve linkages and integration of HIV with other health and social services
  • Strengthen health facilities to provide sustainable comprehensive HIV/AIDS services

Description:

The Ethiopian Network for HIV and AIDS Treatment, Care and Support (ENHAT-CS) program builds upon a solid HIV/AIDS service foundation to address the persistent problem of HIV/AIDS. With an estimated 1.2 million PLHIV and an incidence that is outpacing the available care and treatment resources, ENHAT-CS responds with coordinated prevention, care, and treatment programming that is integrated across all stakeholders in Ethiopia.

The ENHAT-CS program intensifies the expansion of quality antiretroviral therapy (ART) services, strengthens the continuum of care from household to health center, while enhancing maternal, newborn, and child health, tuberculosis, and other services, and develops Ethiopian capacity to sustain the use of and demand for services.

To expand HIV and AIDS services, the ENHAT-CS program supports the Government of Ethiopia to scale up comprehensive HIV and AIDS services from the 159 health centers that currently provide ART to 406 health centers in the Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia.

Expected Results:

  • Increased number of pregnant women who know their HIV status
  • Increased number of adults and children provided with a minimum of one HIV/AIDS care service
  • Increased number of adults and children with advanced HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy