Namibia

ACHIEVE is a five-year global effort to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants and children. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, this project is implemented by a Pact-led consortium that includes Jhpiego, Palladium, No Means No Worldwide and WI-HER. In Namibia, Jhpiego is leading efforts to scale up the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS)/Twagamenwa interventions to four new districts in two regions in northern Namibia, as well as providing capacity development to local organizations. The goal of these efforts—which is to prevent new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women—will be achieved by delivering DREAMS services across the areas of: 1) HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health services (SRH) and linkages to other HIV/SRH prevention, care and treatment services; 2) gender-based violence prevention and care services; and 3) HIV impact mitigation, education and economic empowerment.

The Health Workforce for the 21st Century Project (HW21) is a multi-country initiative funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Systems Administration under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. HW21 supports country-level programs to address key human resources for health system barriers to achieving 95-95-95 goals (i.e., 90% of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status, 90% of people who know their status on treatment, and 90% of people on treatment with suppressed viral loads). This support is provided through technical and implementation assistance as well as research, analysis and sharing of results to inform program implementation. In Namibia, Jhpiego is implementing a cervical cancer prevention program under HW21.

Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this five-year project builds upon activities funded by CDC to support Global Health Security through implementation of programs and activities that focus on protecting and improving health globally through partnerships with Ministries of Health and other institutions. With an initial emphasis on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is supporting countries—including Namibia—and carrying out regional work in West Africa and South America to improve prevention of avoidable epidemics, including naturally occurring outbreaks and intentional or accidental releases of dangerous pathogens, and to improve ability to detect threats early and respond rapidly and effectively to public health threats of international concern. The project is being implemented by a Jhpiego-led consortium that includes the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Global Scientific Solutions for Health, and Johns Hopkins University Center for Global Health.