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Fall 2005

The Plus in PMTCT Plus

Mission Possible

Ethics in the Delivery Room

When is Breast Best?

Spring 2005

Update on APIN Plus

Safeguarding the Future

Harvard Initiative to Fund Research

Epidemic Trends in Jos

Winter 2005

Widening the Safety Net

Learning to Live Positively

Best Practices Across Borders

Lessons from Botswana

Celebrating a New Laboratory in Ibadan

Fall 2004

Raising Hope & Awareness

Access for All

Exploring Models of Care

A Call to Rewrite Rules

Scaling Up with APIN Plus

Summer 2004

APIN Plus Launched

A Nation Responds

Celebrating a New Laboratory

Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission

Winter 2004

National AIDS Conference

Vulnerability of Women to HIV

Celebrating a New Laboratory

Challenges of Managing HIV Disease

Fall 2003

On the Waterfront

Building Capacity

Continent Bands Together Against HIV

World STI/AIDS Conference

Summer 2003

APIN Expands into New State

The Learning Curve

AIDS Leader Mourned

Measure for Measure

Bringing Hope to Sex Workers

Spring 2003

Winter 2003

Summer 2002

Spring 2002

Winter 2002

Fall 2001

Summer 2001

Spring 2001

Timeline

APIN Phase I: From funding initiation to completion

November 2000 - June 2002
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6/6/2002
COMPLETION OF FIRST PHASE OF APIN
6/6/2002

APIN's first MPH Fellows graduate from Harvard School of Public Health

5/28/2002

APIN sponsored Oyo State Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS prevention and control launched.



5/13—17/2002

CID/Policy Project host "Cost-Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Programs in Nigeria" Workshop in Abuja.

5/22-23/2002

APIN / NISER* National AIDS Accounts Workshop


5/7—8/2002

APIN / NISER* Workshop on Dissemination of HIV Prevention Program Costing Data in Ibadan.

4/18—19/2002

APIN funds Stakeholders Conference for Oyo State Plan of Action.

3/25—29/2002

NIH visits Jos and Ibadan APIN sites for possible collaboration in HIV, TB and malaria research.


3/17—23/2002

Workshop on STD Management in Dakar, Senegal




3/17—23/2002

Workshop on Antiretroviral Therapy in Dakar, Senegal

3/10/2002

NACA, FMOH, and APIN meet in Abuja to examine and endorse current status of APIN sponsored projects and budgets.


3/8/2002

APIN announces more than $260,000 in new grants.

3/9/2002

Presidential Forum, "HIV-AIDS in Nigeria: The Road Ahead" in Abuja sponsored by APIN.

2/2002

APIN funds Plateau State Medium Term Action Plan (SACA) Plateau State.


2/7—8/2002

APIN Working Group and Advisory Council Meeting

1/7—8/2002

NISER*-APIN host "Costing of AIDS Prevention Initiatives in Nigeria: Articulating Research Priorities and Methodologies" Workshop In Ibadan, Nigeria.

1/21—22/2002

APIN supports Gates Foundation visit to Nigeria.

12/9—13/2001

APIN participates in International AIDS Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa – supports 12 participants from APIN programs.


12/21/2001

FMOH Mother-Child Transmission Taskforce designate APIN's Jos and Ibadan sites as 7th and 8th sites.


12/3—17/2001

Workshop on Ethical Issues in Health Research in Abuja


12/9/2001

APIN Surveillance Working Group Meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso


12/6/2001

APIN meets with Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. A.B.C. Nwosu.


12/5/2001

APIN meets with NACA and Prof. Akinsete.


12/2001

APIN — through CID/KSG*, funds National Institute for Strategic Economic Research (NISER) (Oyo).


12/2001

CID/KSG* hosts Prof. Kunle Odumosu from NISER, Adedoyin Soyibo from the University of Ibadan for National AIDS Account Plan – draft plan developed.


12/1/2001

Pres. Obasanjo delivers HIV/AIDS Prevention message nationwide and televised worldwide.



12/1/2001

APIN launches website – www.apin.harvard.edu.

12/1/2001

APIN Supports World AIDS Day Events: Lagos State HIV/AIDS Foundation, Development Communications (Lagos), Association for Family and Reproductive Health (Oyo), Family Health and Population Action Committee (Oyo), HaltAIDS (Plateau), and Help International (Plateau).

11/23—12/2/2001

APIN hosts FMOH Sentinel Survey Molecular Virology Training Workshop in Ibadan, Nigeria.


11/28/2001

14,000 lbs of lab equipment and supplies arrive in Nigeria to support capacity of JUTH STD/HIV lab, UCH STD Lab, UCH Virology Lab and FMOH Archive Center (Abuja).


11/2001

APIN funds Society for Women Against AIDS in Nigeria (SWAAN) (Plateau).

10/2001

APIN funds HaltAIDS (Plateau), Oyo State Medium Term AIDS Plan (SACA) (Oyo), UCH Perinatal Intervention Project (Oyo) and STOPAIDS (Lagos).


10/11/2001

UCH Workshops on HIV/AIDS for Health Practitioners and Universal Health Precautions in the OB/GYN Setting in Ibadan, Nigeria

9/5/2001

APIN welcomes Nigerian Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients to Harvard.

8/4-10/2001

Sentinel Survey Quality Control Workshop in Ibadan, Nigeria train 20 HIV lab investigators from Oyo and Plateau States.




8/4-10/2001

APIN investigators develop plans for UCH STD lab support and capacity building (Oyo).


8/2001

APIN supports FMOH 2001 HIV/syphilis Sentinel Survey by shipping freezers and supplies to all 36 states and Abuja.


8/2001

APIN supports LYNX - Youth Leadership Camp on HIV/AIDS Prevention – Abuja and Jos


8/2001

APIN funds Jos University Teaching Hospital Perinatal Intervention and STD laboratory (Plateau).

8/2001

Plateau State – Voluntary Counseling and Testing Workshop


7/26/2001

CID/KSG HIV/AIDS Prevention Workshop in Boston


7/31—8/3/2001

Minister of Health 2001 Sentinel Survey of HIV/AIDS Training workshop in Benin City, Nigeria - supported in part by APIN


7/2001

APIN funds UCH-Surveillance Project (Oyo) and Plateau State Hospital/Institute of Human Virology (Plateau).

7/6/2001

Dr. Wole Odutolu is named APIN Project Manager. Establishes APIN Project office.

6/24—27/2001

UNGASS Conference on HIV/AIDS, Pres. Obasanjo addresses UN on AIDS in Africa, Televised on CNN.



6/29—30/2001

Minister of Health Nwosu visits Harvard and APIN — discussed program goals.


6/21—23/2001

APIN participates in Association Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) Annual Conference — Prof. Kanki presents APIN program.


6/21/2001

Director Kanki meets with Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. A.B.C. Nwosu and Prof. Akinsete.

6/9—12/2001

APIN participates in Nigeria's Minister of Health High Risk Survey — Prof. P. Kanki delivers keynote address.

5/13-20/2001

Boston Globe newspaper features AIDS in Nigeria — raises ~$10,000 and condoms for Nigeria – donated to Jos University Teaching Hospital Fund for ARV therapy.

4/26—27/2001

OAU Heads of State Summit on HIV/AIDS. Pres. Obasanjo hosts first OAU summit on AIDS; Dean Bloom, Prof. Sachs, and Prof. Kanki give presentations.

4/28/2001

APIN meets with NACA and Prof. Akinsete.


4/26/2001

Director P. Kanki presents APIN program to Pres. Obasanjo


4/24/2001

APIN establishes collaboration with IITA, Ibadan, Prof. Kanki delivers HIV/AIDS Nutrition Lecture

4/23-24/2001

APIN Advisory and Working Group

3/25—31/2001

HIV Test and Surveillance Workshop in Dakar, Senegal.


3/7—18/2001

Director P. Kanki and staff visit Nigeria — meet with University collaborators, Commissioners of Health and Governors of Plateau and Oyo States.


3/18/2001

Director P. Kanki meets with NACA and Prof. Akinsete.

2/9/2001

CID/KSG* — Global Access to HIV Therapy Workshop in Boston

1/22/2001

1st NGO proposals awarded to Lagos State HIV/AIDS Foundation (Lagos) & ARFH (Oyo).

12/10/2000

Assoc. Dir. for Gov't Relations & Community Programs A. Carrington announces APIN award in Nigeria - discusses APIN with Pres. Obasanjo.

12/10/2000

First NGO proposals to APIN are received.

11/20/2000

Members of potential Nigerian Advisory and Working Group meet to discuss APIN milestones and 18 month program.

11/13/2000
GATES FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE AWARD OF 25M
TO HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR APIN

CID – Center for International Development
KSG – Kennedy School of Government
NISER – Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research

 
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