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MSH Awarded FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project in Kenya


August 11, 2011 - Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project in Kenya.

This five-year project aims to build the capacity of national-level civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide sustainable leadership in the delivery of the community response for the sustained health and well-being of all Kenyans.
 
FANIKISHA (“accomplish” in Kiswahili) will work with eight Kenyan national civil society organizations and their affiliates to build their advocacy capacity and play a more strategic, effective role in providing health services at the community level. 

MSH implementing partners on the FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project are Pact Inc., Danya International and the Regional AIDS Training Network.

For more than a decade, MSH has been implementing USAID-funded programs to support and strengthen leadership and management capacity at the national level in Kenya, as well as increase the availability of medicines, vaccines, and laboratory equipment in communities throughout the country.

Read more about MSH’s work in Kenya.


For additional information or to arrange for a press interview, please contact Barbara Ayotte, Director of Strategic Communications, at 617.852.6011 or bayotte@msh.org.


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