Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

• NASTAD Technical Assistance Activities
• Casey S. Blass, Director
• Disease Prevention and Intervention Section

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Acknowledgements

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Global AIDS Program
• CDC - Ethiopia
• NASTAD Global AIDS Technical Assistance Program

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NASTADs Program

• Peer Technical Assistance Teams
• State AIDS Directors and State Health Department
  Staff
• Lead Staff Based in Washington D.C.

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HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia

• 1 of Population, 9 of Worlds HIV/AIDS Cases
• 1999, 1.1 million deaths
• 700,000 Children Orhpaned
• 50 of Hospital Beds in Addis Ababa Occupied by
  People with HIV/AIDS
• By 2006, 3.2 Million Living with HIV/AIDS

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Resource Gaps

• Limited Health Care
• Limited Resources for Treatment
• Limited Funding for and Access to Counseling and
  Testing, and other Prevention, Care and Support
  Programs

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Assets

• Supportive Government
• Small Number of Strong Community Based
  Organizations
• Committed Public Health and Community Workers
• Innovative Programs Reliance on Science and
  Indigenous Cultural Practices

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NASTAD Ethiopia TA Project

• On-Site Assessment June 2001
• World Bank Funding required program planning at
  the community level
• NASTAD worked with Ethiopian Partners to develop
  a model for community based program planning
• Developed and piloted training materials
• Conducted Train the Trainer Workshops
• Developed Certification/Quality Assurance Systems

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Benefits to Domestic HIV/AIDS Programs Lessons
Learned

• Regardless of Resources, Communities Can Mount a
  Meaningful and Compassionate Response to HIV/AIDS
  and other Diseases
• Rethink and Reenergize Domestic Programs
• Use our Cultural Practices and Diversity to
  Strengthen Programs

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