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AWARE-RH (which stands for "Action for West Africa Region - Reproductive Health") is a five-year, USAID-sponsored health improvement project designed to address limited access to health care and the low quality of services in 21 West African countries. read more>>

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News Release

New York, New York, and Accra, Ghana, April 12, 2005–On the occasion of World Health Day 2005, the Action for West Africa Region Reproductive Health and Child Survival Project (AWARE-RH) launches its new Web site, www.aware-rh.org. Echoing the World Health Day 2005 theme of “Make every mother and child count,” the Web site supports AWARE-RH’s aim to improve reproductive and maternal and child health services across 21 countries in West Africa. As a clearinghouse for best practices and lessons learned, the site also serves as a resource for project partners, health institutions, medical professionals, and others engaged in the common cause of improving the lives of millions of West Africans.

The Web site was developed by EngenderHealth, which launched the AWARE-RH five-year initiative in July 2003, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As the managing agency, EngenderHealth collaborates with three partner organizations, Abt Associates, Academy for Educational Development (AED), and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Together, the group works to strengthen family planning, maternal health, and child health services, malaria prevention and treatment, integration of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention, health-sector reform, stakeholder advocacy, and capacity building for regional institutions throughout the region.