Family Health: Programs

Integrated Family Health Project, or PISAF (Projet Intégré de Santé Familiale)

PISAF is a five-year cooperative agreement awarded on March 28, 2006 to University Research Corporation, LLC and Abt Associates. PISAF works with key Ministry of Health staff in the Family Health Directorate, the National Malaria Control Program, and the National AIDS Control Program. The project provides direct assistance and support for the government's national policies and strategies to improve the health status of the Benin population through health activities that focus on management, training and supervision. PISAF interventions center on an integrated package of health services including antenatal care, family planning, integrated management of childhood illness, and HIV/AIDS (Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission). Activities are concentrated in the central region (Zou/Collines) with discrete activities in the north and southeast regions (Borgou/Alibori andOuémé/Plateau).

Integrated Project to promote Family Health and prevent HIV/AIDS (IMPACT)

IMPACT is a cooperative agreement with Population Services International (PSI). PSI's main partners in implementation are JHPIEGO Corporation and Abt Associates and the local NGO OSV-JORDAN. This five year project (2006-2011) is aimed at achieving four main objectives:

• Improve availability and access to HIV/AIDS, reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) and Child Survival products;
• Increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS, RH/FP and Child Survival to increase demand for and use of products and services;
• Promote and support implementation of best practices in integrated services;
• Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and the government of Benin to manage and implement the national HIV/AIDS program and advocate for policies that create a supportive environment for social marketing and the provision of health services.

President's Malaria Initiative (PMI)

In December 2006, Benin was selected as one of the countries to receive funding during the third year of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Inclusion in PMI will allow Benin to accelerate delivery on a national level of a package of proven interventions focusing on prevention and effective treatment. The program is designed to achieve 85% coverage of the most vulnerable groups - principally pregnant women and children under five years of age - with preventive and therapeutic interventions and reduce malaria deaths by 50%. PMI uses four highly effective interventions:

• Treatment with lifesaving anti-malarial drugs,
• Insecticide-treated mosquito nets,
• Preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy, and
• Indoor spraying of homes with insecticides.

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