Les guéris signalent les événements de santé par téléphone aux points focaux de la plateforme communautaire. Les guéris d’Ebola âgés de 15 ans et plus fournissent de sperme chaque trois mois au laboratoire pour l’analyse.
Building Resilient Health Systems
Watch captivating videos and read more about the work APC is doing in Liberia to strengthen the health system and give hope to Ebola survivors.
Our Mission
Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) advances and supports community programs that seek to improve the overall health of communities and achieve other health-related impacts, especially in relationship to family planning.
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Strengthening NGOs through APC's grant mechanism and capacity building assistance.
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Our Impact
APC works to advance and support community programs that seek to improve the overall health of communities, especially in relationship to family planning (FP). Through global technical leadership and collaboration, APC’s goal is to increase support for and commitment to community-based family planning in USAID priority countries. APC aims to increase access to quality FP services, expand the contraceptive method mix, and improve upon organizations’ capability to manage USAID funds and implement high quality and innovative community-based health programs.
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Fonctionnement de site sentinelle Sa-ceint en Guineé
November 2018 | Reflections |
Deux années de prévention de la transmission d’Ébola dans la période post-Ébola : utilisation de sites sentinelles pour la surveillance à base communautaire en Guinée
November 2018 | Reflections Avec le soutien du programme Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) du projet Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) financé par l’USAID, le gouvernement guinéen a conçu et a mis en oeuvre une surveillance à base communautaire dite surveillance active en ceinture utilisant des sites sentinelles pour assurer le suivi des survivants et leurs contacts immédiats pour prévenir une transmission possible de la maladie.
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Key Facts from WHO on Family Planning and Contraception
Learn more from WHO about the benefits of family planning, who provides family planning & contraceptives, and the different contraceptive methods.
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The Importance of Applying a Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Interventions in Fragile States
October 2018 | Reflections Intervening through a comprehensive approach in an under-resourced sector, such as mental health, increases its opportunity of success, as it improves understanding and acceptance of mental health issues at the community level. This intervention has serviced the general population of Sierra Leone and provides a foundation for mental health services for the future.
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Latest News
December 06, 2018
The sixth webinar in the Expanding Contraceptive Choice series will be on Tubal Ligation. The webinar is on Thursday, December 6, 2018, from 9:00–10:00 A.M. ET.
November 12, 2018 to November 15, 2018
APC plans to attend and present during several sessions at the 5th International Conference on Family Planning this November in Kigali, Rwanda. APC staff and representatives will join others in the family planning community to share best practices, recognize achievements, make renewed commitments to family planning, and chart a course forward. Join us as we contribute, learn, and celebrate this year’s theme, "Investing for a Lifetime of Returns."
October 26, 2018
With help from USAID, APC enabled Liberian Ebola survivors to receive life changing cataract surgery in a program that also contributed to research on the persistence of Ebola virus in the eyes of survivors. This knowledge can help guide future outbreak response and helps us understand how the Ebola virus affects survivors many months after recovery. This complex program was made possible through a unique collaboration of faith-based organizations, universities, non-governmental organizations and government institutions.
Success Stories
APC Success Story
As Guinea’s Ebola survivors recovered from the virus and were discharged from Ebola treatment centers, they faced a new and perhaps even more difficult situation, coming home. The APC project engaged people from 60 communities in the districts most affected by the Ebola outbreak to combat stigma that prevents survivors from reintegrating into their communities and getting the health care they need.
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Top photo credits (left to right): Puskar Khanal/JSI; Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
With help from USAID, APC enabled Liberian Ebola survivors to receive life changing cataract surgery in a program that also contributed to research on the persistence of Ebola virus in the eyes of survivors. This knowledge can help guide future outbreak response and helps us understand how the Ebola virus affects survivors many months after recovery. This complex program was made possible through a unique collaboration of faith-based organizations, universities, non-governmental organizations and government institutions.