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PROJECT HEART END-OF-PROJECT REPORT

Through the leadership and support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is honored to have led Project HEART (Help Expand Antiretroviral Therapy to children and families), an eight-year initiative to extend life-saving prevention and treatment to millions of people living with HIV.

• From Emergency to Sustainability: Eight Years of Scaling Up HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services and Saving Lives

PROGRAM BRIEFS

Program briefs feature best practices and lessons learned emerging from EGPAF’s on-the-ground HIV/AIDS program implementation efforts.

• Male involvement in PMTCT: Reaching Men Through Syphilis Testing
• Transitioning Large-Scale HIV Care and Treatment Programs to Sustainable National Ownership: The Project HEART Experience

HABA NA HABA TECHNICAL BULLETINS

This publication was established to provide a dynamic forum for the routine sharing of technical information and program experiences across EGPAF.

The name of the bulletin, Haba Na Haba (“little by little”), is borrowed from the Swahili proverb “haba na haba, hujaza kibaba” (“little by little fills the pot”) and was chosen to reflect the often incremental nature of progress in our field.

• Toward Elimination of New HIV Infections in Children: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities – Volume 2, Issue 4 (July 2012)
• Spotlight on Integration of TB and HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment – Volume 2, Issue 3 (December 2011)
• Working With Communities Toward Elimination of Pediatric HIV and AIDS – Volume 2, Issue 2 (June 2011)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Family Health Days: An Innovative Approach to Providing Integrated Health Services for HIV and Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adults and Children in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Lesotho
  • Presenter: Appolinaire Tiam
  • Authors: Tiam A, Oyebanji O, Ahimbisibwe A, Isavwa A, Buhendwa L, Putsoane M, Foso M, Ts’oeu M, Nyabela M, Pakela, Khonyana J.
• Family Health Days: An Innovative Approach to Providing Integrated Health Services for HIV and Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adults and Children in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Lesotho
  • Presenter: Appolinaire Tiam
  • Authors: Tiam A, Oyebanji O, Ahimbisibwe A, Isavwa A, Buhendwa L, Putsoane M, Foso M, Ts’oeu M, Nyabela M, Pakela, Khonyana J.

ABSTRACTS

• Eleven years of experience in rapid scale-up of integrated PMTCT services in Cameroon using a public-private partnership approach
  Mboh Khan E, Miller L, Tih P, Nkfusai J, Nshom E, Kuni E, Welty T.
• A review of TB screening and evaluation forms in Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, and Tanzania
  Agbo S, Vezi T, Tchomian C, Kassone S, Nguessan P, Tarimo A.
• Integrating PMTCT into Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Services: From Policy to Implementation
  Tiam A, Mphale M, Tlebere P, Nyabela M, Oyebanji O, Ahimbisibwe A, Isavwa A,   Buhendwa L, Mokone M, Putsoane M, Foso M.
• Mentoring nurses on the use of WHO z scores for clinical staging to increase timely initiation of HIV-infected children on ART
  TS’oeu M, Isavwa A, Tiam A, Teethe J, Ramajoe N , Lethetsa A,  Lebelo L, Morris M, Buhendwa L.
• TB screening practices in HIV care and treatment settings in Tanzania
  Kassone S, Agbo S, Mathias S, Soumahoro MK, Kimarao C, Lee S.
• Scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities in EGPAF supported HIV/AIDS facilities: the Tanzania experience
  Msofe Y, Mathias S, Kassone S, Kimario C, Ng’wanakilala T, Van’t Pad Bosch J.
• Monitoring TB in childhood and early adolescence in ART Clinics: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s experience in supporting the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
  Kassone S, Agbo S, Tarimo A, Mathias S, Msoffe Y, Kimario C.
• Improving the continuum of care by promoting male involvement in PMTCT in Nzega District, Tanzania
  Mtambalike T, Van De Ven R, Kilimba N, Mbita G, Makika J.
• The Challenge of Translating Policy into Practice: The impact of revised prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV guideline implementation on uptake of infant antiretroviral prophylaxis in South-Western Uganda
  Walakira M, Sripipatana T, Namubiru M, Mirembe Kunya B, Kajungu E, Musinguzi H, Bitarakwate E.
• Access to HIV Counseling and Testing and Maternity Services among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Uganda’s South Western Region: Does Age and Education Level Play a Significant Role?
  Seclen-Palacin J, Natumanya E, Bitarakwate E, Ismail S, Lwanga S, Muzungi H.
• A Training Strategy to Support Rapid Roll-out of the WHO 2010 PMTCT Guidelines in Zimbabwe
  Makotore A, Nyamundaya T, Chikwinya B,  Muchedzi A, Chadambuka A, Mugwagwa R, Ndoro T.
• Mobilizing Community Engagement in the Elimination of new HIV Infections in Children through Capacity Building of Media Practitioners
  Madiro-Zinyemba C, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Mahomva A.
• The Impact of HIV Test Results on Subsequent Antenatal Care Attendance by Women in Rural Hospitals in Lesotho
  Tiam A, Gill M, Machekano R, Isavwa A, Foso M, Ahimsibwe A, Oyebanji O, Akintade OL, Buhendwa L.
• Using quality improvement methodologies to improve quality of pediatric HIV care and initiation of ART – Tanzania
  Kalimunda J, Morris M, Lutkam D, van de Ven R, Masao M, Masendeka L, Mbita G, Schimana W, Van’t Pad Bosch J.
• Promoting data use by facility-level staff in Rwanda through the use of automated data reports
  Peterson J, Godwin C, Hoffman N, Ndatimana N, van Zyl C, Karangwa C.
• Using Data to Improve Clinical Mentoring to Healthcare Workers and PMTCT Site Performance in Swaziland
  Kudiabor K, Sbongile W, Simelane L, Mahdi MA, Chouraya C, Nhlabatsi V.
• How a simple quality improvement initiative by health facility staff lead to improvement of CD4 testing and ART enrollment for pediatrics: experiences from Mawenzi Regional Hospital, Tanzania
  Ng’wanakilala T, Kalimunda J, Morris M, Lutkam D, Mpanga A, Lugenge L, Temba M, Van’t Pad Bosch J.
• An innovative, rapid national scale-up of effective PMTCT services in a resource-limited setting to facilitate virtual elimination of new pediatric HIV infections by 2015: A Zimbabwe experience
  A.I. Mahomva, B. Makunike-Chikwinya, T. Nyamundaya, R. Musarandega, A. Mushavi, O. Mugurungi, N. Hellman
• Increasing Access and Utilization of HIV Care and Treatment Services in Nyanza Province, Kenya through Integration, Decentralization, and Task Shifting
  Muthama D, Matu L, Okal C, Soti D, Otieno G, Kose J, Savosnick P, Kioko J.
• Increasing Access to HIV Care and Treatment for Children in Four Provinces of Mozambique, 2007-2011
  Mikusova S, Alons C, Seclen J.
• Modeling HIV care and treatment data in Tanzania to assess the impact of ART programs in averting AIDS-related deaths and improving quality of life for people living with HIV
  Moroni M, Msoffe Y, Mbita G, van de Ven R.
• Assessing gaps in prevention mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programming towards elimination of new HIV infections in children: A rapid assessment of the Zimbabwe national PMTCT program
  Muchedzi A, Chadambuka A, Chikwinya B, Mushavi A, Mahomva A.
• Building Management Capacity in Swaziland to Support Implementation of Newly Adapted WHO PMTCT Guidelines
  Mahdi M, Masuku T, Kudiabor K, Chouraya C, Bohmer L, Murphy C, Nhlabatsi B.
• Integrating HIV care and treatment services into prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services at reproductive and child health clinics in Tanzania to increase access for HIV-positive pregnant women
  Haule A, Van de Ven R, Simbo G, Charles D, Mbita G.
• Translating HIV Integration Research from Policy to Practice Change: Lessons Learned from Zambia
  Strasser S, Vwalika C, Njobvu P, Ncube A, Tembo-Mumba G, Sripipatana T, Chintu N, Peeling R.
• Point-of-care CD4 testing leads to increased uptake of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in Gaza Province, Mozambique
  De Schacht C, Lucas C, Sitoe N, Manuel I, Tobaiwa O, Ramanlal N, Quevedo J, Kassaye S, Sixpence J , Jani IV.