Project HOPE (Ethiopia)

Project HOPE’s work in Ethiopia began in 2017 with the foundation of the PEPFAR-funded USAID Community HIV Care and Treatment (CHCT) program, which reaches more than 200 priority districts. Though this program is a relatively new one, we’ve been fighting the global HIV epidemic for nearly three decades.

Reducing the burden of HIV
As one of the leading international health organizations with a presence in Ethiopia, HOPE is committed to helping the country’s fight against HIV.

Through the CHCT program, we’re expanding access to comprehensive HIV education, prevention, care, and treatment services in Ethiopia’s most vulnerable communities. We’re helping high risk populations get tested; supporting people with HIV to manage their condition; and strengthening community capacity to provide quality health services.

All of our progress is underscored by innovation — we’ve explored several approaches to improving testing and treatment and fostering greater facility and community collaboration.

Additionally, through the use of the CommCare platform, we help health workers more efficiently collect information, better manage patients, and improve data for decision making.

Improving health for mothers, newborns and children
As a partner on the USAID-funded Transform: Health in Developing Regions program, HOPE is increasing access to quality maternal, neonatal, and child health services for the country’s unserved and underserved populations. As part of the five-year, $30 million program, we’re reducing gender inequality in health services and supporting patients and health workers in making more informed decisions.

In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, Project HOPE is increasing the number of mobile health and nutrition teams that it has deployed in remote communities far from care. These mobile nutrition teams will provide essential medicines, vaccines, medical supplies, and Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF).