Action for West Africa Region (AWARE)-Reproductive Health
Project Date: 2003–2008
AWARE works with West African regional health institutions and networks with potential for becoming local leaders in expanding and improving health services across the region, and in creating a regional response to reproductive health and HIV & AIDS issues as an alternative to country-by-country solutions.
AWARE works with selected regional health institutions to facilitate development of a network of Regional Technical Leadership Institutions. The project aims to strengthen these institutions through enhanced strategic planning, leadership development, and application of regional best practices in reproductive health and HIV & AIDS-each contributing to improved quality of family planning, reproductive health, infectious diseases and child survival services. By mobilizing social and donor capital and improving institutional effectiveness, the AWARE project aims to develop regional capacity and management expertise at local institutions, thus enabling advocacy for needed health policies that can reach all countries in the region.
MSH is a subcontractor responsible for the child survival, institutional capacity and regional commodity planning elements of the project. MSH is partnering with EngenderHealth, Abt Associates, and AED on the AWARE project.