Projects
Our Center's projects improve the lives of millions of people, in the areas of reproductive health and family planning; maternal and child health; nutrition; and the prevention of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and water-borne diseases. We emphasize capacity building—at all levels—in the private and public sectors. We forge public/private partnerships and we factor sustainability into all of our activities. Our Center's projects look at both supply and demand issues. We develop programs to ensure that products, services, and information are widely accessible while putting in place strategies and tactics that help change risky health behaviors and practices. Our projects also tackle difficult policy challenges that enable better project outcomes. We measure, monitor, research, and evaluate our successes—and failures—and we ensure that donor and tax-funded money is spent judiciously and appropriately.
Current Projects
The Caribbean Social Marketing (CARISMA) Project for HIV and AIDS Prevention and Reproductive Health Promotion
Funded by the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM), The Caribbean Social Marketing (CARISMA) Project for HIV and AIDS Prevention and Reproductive Health Promotion is a social marketing project that aims to improve access to and use of reproductive and sexual health products and services in the Dominican Republic. Read more
Channeling Men's Positive Involvement in the National HIV/AIDS Response (CHAMPION) Project
The Channeling Men's Positive Involvement in the National HIV/AIDS Response (CHAMPION) Project is a five-year project led by EngenderHealthTanzania, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Presidents. FHI 360 is a subcontractor to EngenderHealth on this project. Read more
Diarrhea Alleviation through Zinc and ORS Therapy (DAZT)
The Diarrhea Alleviation through Zinc and ORS Therapy (DAZT) Project is a three-year initiative being implemented by FHI Solutions in partnership with Micronutrient Initiative, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Read more
Malaria Action Program for the States (MAPS)
The Malaria Action Program for States (MAPS) is a five-year, $79.9 million project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Through the MAPS project, FHI 360 and implementing partners aim to scale up usage and coverage of life-saving malaria interventions in seven states in Nigeria. Read more
Scaling Up Zinc and ORS Treatment for Childhood Diarrhea
This project creates public-private partnerships to reduce one of the leading causes of illness and death among children worldwide—diarrhea—by introducing zinc treatment along with ORT for childhood diarrhea. Read more
Ghar Ghar Maa Swasthya (GGMS) Program
The Ghar Ghar Maa Swasthya (GGMS), or Healthy Homes Program, is USAID's flagship social marketing program in Nepal to strengthen the marketing and distribution of health products in rural and hard-to-reach areas through the private sector. Read more
Kenya Nutritional and HIV Program (NHP)
The Kenya Nutritional and HIV Program (NHP) is USAID's flagship nutrition program in Kenya to strengthen nutritional therapy in and out of hospital settings. The project is a five-year cooperative agreement managed by FHI 360 in collaboration with a Kenyan-owned company, Insta Products EZP Ltd., as its private sector food partner. Read more
Mswakini Safe Drinking Water, PUR Demonstration Project
Through funding made possible by Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program, FHI 360 and its partner, Selian Lutheran Hospital, are providing safe drinking water and education on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to the residents of Mswakini Chini and Juu villages under the two-year Mswakini Safe Drinking Water, PUR Demonstration Project. Read more
Past Projects
NetMark
NetMark was a $65.4 million USAID-funded project from 1999 to 2009 which worked to reduce malaria cases and deaths in Africa by increasing the availability, affordability, and use of insecticide-treated mosquito bednets through partnerships with commercial net and insecticide manufacturers and their African distributors. Read more
Nepal Social Marketing and Franchise Project: AIDS, Reproductive Health and Child Survival (N-MARC)
The mission of the Nepal Social Marketing and Franchise Project (N-MARC), a Private Sector Program Task Order under the leadership of AED, was to increase the availability and sustained use of family planning, maternal and child health, and HIV/STI prevention products and services in Nepal. Read more
Point-Of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment Project (POUZN)
The Point-Of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment Project (POUZN) aims to reduce one of the leading causes of illness and death among children worldwide – diarrhea – via two proven methods: preventing diarrhea by disinfecting water at its point-of-use, and treating diarrhea with zinc therapy. Read more
Tanzania Marketing and Communications for AIDS, Reproductive Health, Child Survival and Infectious Diseases (T-MARC)
The Tanzania Marketing and Communications for AIDS, Reproductive Health, Child Survival and Infectious Diseases (T-MARC) project was a five-year, $23 million, USAID Private Sector Program (PSP) initiative. T-MARC's mission was to contribute to improvements in the health status of Tanzanian families and reduce the transmission and impact of HIV/AIDS. Read more
Assessing Consumer Acceptance of LLINs
AED has developed a research protocol and partnered with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) to assess the acceptability of LifeNet™ by families in both urban and rural areas in western Kenya, and compare its perceived benefits with those of other LLINs. Read more
Field-Testing of Anti-Malarial Packaging in Malaria-Endemic Countries
AED assisted the Medicines for Malaria Venture in developing patient-friendly packaging to optimize the correct use of anti-malarial artemisinin combination therapy in four countries. Read more