Democratic Republic of Congo

EGPAF is a partner in the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Project: Military Specific HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Program for PEPFAR-funded Countries. The project, locally known as Elikya-FARDC, aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections among members of the FARDC, their families, and the civilian communities served by FARDC health services, and support the continuum of care and treatment for those living with HIV and AIDS.

Unitaid is funding the CaP TB project, which aims to improve TB screening in children, and accelerate access to TB diagnosis and new child-friendly treatments for both active and latent TB - a disease which affects one million children. This project, launched in 2017, will bring new child-friendly TB drug formulations and improved diagnostic technology to 10 countries.

Project Malamu, a CDC/PEPFAR-funded project, took a comprehensive approach to improving the continuum of care in HIV services in Kinshasa and Haut Katanga provinces. Malamu focused on providing comprehensive services in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Likasi.

For the last decade, EGPAF has been providing financial and programmatic support to the Kinshasa School of Public Health’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program. By 2012, the program served clients through 55 sites in Kinshasa and rural areas of DRC in Equateur, Orientale, Kasai Oriental, Bandundu, and Bas Congo.

EGPAF is credited with introducing prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) to DRC in 2001. Since then, EGPAF has supported the Ministry of Health with its national PMTCT efforts.

From 2001 to 2011, EGPAF supported sub-grants to the University of North Carolina (UNC) for both prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and HIV and AIDS care and treatment programs. From 2007 to 2009, EGPAF supported UNC care and antiretroviral treatment (ART) services for children and families living with HIV and AIDS.

Through this program, EGPAF supported training and mentorship of health workers based at facilities serving the military and their families.

By integrating comprehensive HIV and AIDS services into local, general care sites, ProVICplus sought to improve access to care while fostering community ownership of health systems. Under this program, EGPAF worked in collaboration with PATH and was responsible for HIV care and treatment, PMTCT, and EID activities.

Through this U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded project, EGPAF implements a full range of PMTCT, HIV care and treatment, and TB services, as well as services to support clients affected by sexual and gender-based violence within 76 health facilities.