From 2007 to 2021, HAI implemented programs that expanded, improved, and integrated HIV testing, care, and treatment services into Côte d’Ivoire’s national health system.

With over a decade of experience as a clinical implementing partner of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Côte d’Ivoire, HAI has witnessed the quality and effectiveness of systems-level intervention to integrate and streamline HIV services into primary health care delivery.  Following an initial pilot of this approach at 10 clinics in the northern town of Bouaké, HAI’s presence expanded to providing coaching and support to clinicians and management at more than 300 health facilities across 6 northern regions under CDC/PEPFAR-funded Project LINKS.

Working closely with the Côte d’Ivoire health system’s regional and district health management teams, HAI’s approach to integrating and strengthening HIV services was based on building clinical, laboratory, health information, and management skills among the Ivoirian health workforce while improving patient flow, inter-service linkages, and supply chain issues from the facility to the national level.

Beyond the clinic, HAI supported local Ivoirian community-based organizations whose staff work in the communities they serve, providing psycho-social support services to people living with HIV and information and clinic referrals to those who are at-risk of infection.

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