APHN is an indigenous African NGO founded in 2005 with technical expertise in infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and economic strengthening, with a programmatic presence across the African continent.
APHN actively implements activities in eight of the fourteen regions of Namibia and in six other African countries (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Libya). APHN works in close collaboration with the government line ministries including MoHSS, Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication & Social Welfare (MGEPESW), Ministry of Education Arts & Culture (MoEAC), Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service (MSYNS), Ministry of Safety and Security (MSS), Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) and Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT).
APHN also collaborates with local partners which bring a multitude of expertise to the table and have strong technical support from Project HOPE on programmatic issues, grant and financial compliance, as well as Health Informatics.
Tuberculosis
In 2011, APHN expanded its focus to include TB/HIV through a six-year award from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria (GFATM). In partnership with the MoHSS, the program aimed to increase the number of people screened and treated for TB, resulting in more than 4,000 people with TB successfully completing treatment through intense TB contact tracing, screening and link to care.
HIV/AIDS
APHN was established as a welfare organization with the MOHSS in 2005, with an initial focus on the HIV/AIDS program and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programming. APHN is currently the OVC lead partner for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Namibia. Since 2013, APHN has been providing treatment, care, and support to vulnerable groups living with or affected by HIV through the PEPFAR/USAID-funded Namibia HIV Adherence and Retention Project (NARP) and in 2018 was awarded a prime recipient role for the PEPFAR/USAID-funded Namibia Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, Safe (DREAMS) project to avert new HIV infections among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW).
COVID 19
With support from the Mastercard Foundation and Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), APHN is implementing the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) COVID Vaccination Center (CVC) project across multiple countries in North Africa. Working through local implementing partners, APHN is working to establish and manage COVID-19 vaccination centers and lead the training and recruitment of vaccinators across the designated geographical area from September 2022-August 2025. The project aims to establish or bolster 49 CVCs, establish or strengthen 170 mobile outreach teams, and ensure the administration of 39 million vaccine doses.