These guidelines recommend targeted HIV testing and the list of eligible clients for
targeted HIV testing has been refined to make the yield better. The revised list of
eligible clients or groups is as follows:
The first evidence of HIV infection in Ethiopia was recognized in the early 1980’s.
The first two AIDS cases were reported in 1986. Since then, the disease has
spread at an alarming rate. Currently, the Country is home ...
The Ethiopian Government has been implementing the HIV Strategic Plan for Multi-Sectoral
response (SPM) for the period 2004-2008. The SPM was envisaged to enhance
implementation capacity, coordination and networking, ...
Over the past two decades the human immunodeficiency virus has spread
silently throughout the world profoundly affecting the lives of men and
women, their families, and societies. It has not respected international
boundaries ...
The Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (FHAPCO) and the Ministry of Health
(MOH) have recognized the need to strengthen the mobilization of domestic resources to
achieve national programmatic targets and ...
After their Excellencies the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia launched the free antiretroviral therapy (ART) rollout program for Ethiopia on 24
January 2005, the Accelerating ...
The document offers step-by-step guidelines for developing/producing accurate, useful, and
action oriented behavioral change communication materials to meet the communication needs
of HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and ...
Strategic Planning is essential to effectively response to the HIV epidemic in a coordinated
manner. The strategic plan needs to be both multi-sectoral and be the outcome of processes
involving major stakeholders. In ...
The emergence of the HIV epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever seen
in recent history. In the last three decades HIV has spread rapidly and affected all sectors of society- young
people ...
Ethiopia has achieved epidemic control at the national level. The number of new infections
and AIDS-related death was <1 per 10,000 population and the incidence mortality ratio is <1in
2022. However, there are significant ...
The Multisectoral Plan of Action for Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support 2007 –
2010 has been developed by the Government of Ethiopia’s HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO), ...
The National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) (2011/12) is the first attempt to track all the
HIV/AIDS spending in Ethiopia from all sources (excluding out-of-pocket) and across all
sectors. The NASA provides an in depth ...
The ongoing multi-sectoral response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic is framed around the
National policy and the Five-year Strategic Framework that were issued out in 1998
and 1999 respectively. Several independent attempts ...
This HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Ethiopia 2021-2025 provides a unique
opportunity to consolidate the steady decline in the HIV burden over the past decade and
refocus interventions for maximum public health ...
This country report on progress towards reaching the 2011 Political Declaration high level meeting
targets was prepared by the Plan, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate of the Federal HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Control ...
Design/Methods: A team of local and international experts searched published and grey literature
on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. They reviewed the Ethiopian, East African and international literature,
surveillance and research ...
The Millennium AIDS Campaign has played a key role in the strengthening of the health sector’s response to HIV/
AIDS, including HIV counseling and testing (HCT), prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) ...