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Media Releases
REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES BRING HOPE TO COMMUNITIES
HARDEST HIT BY HIV EPIDEMIC
Cape Town, South Africa, 30 July 08 – The recent launch of a DVD produced by BroadReach Healthcare, in partnership with Ugu District, Department of Health, will significantly enhance patient education on HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ARV) in South Africa.
The DVD was initially launched in the Ugu district, KwaZulu-Natal, but will be rolled-out to key districts across the country for use in hospital and clinic waiting rooms, small group discussions and health education sessions. When fully rolled out, approximately 300 000 people per month will get the opportunity to see this DVD.
The ARV Education Series is an exceptional patient education DVD that highlights the true-life stories of a group of remarkable South Africans who are living with HIV and successfully taking ARV therapy. The people whose stories are told, are real people, not actors and they cover a host of issues related to HIV and ARV therapy including: testing and disclosure, TB, starting ARV therapy, healthy living, pregnancy and ARV therapy, and children and ARV therapy. Furthermore, this DVD will make huge strides to dispel the many existing misconceptions that still surround HIV, AIDS and ARV treatment today. The DVD is available in Xhosa and Zulu with English subtitles.
"Whilst all of the inserts showcase a variety of issues related to HIV and ARV therapy, there is a common theme of the importance of family support that is evident in all of the segments," comments Wendy Townsend, Deputy Country Director, BroadReach Healthcare. "An HIV diagnosis affects not only an individual, but their entire family too. As a result, it's important that we begin to focus on the family unit as a whole when it comes to delivering messages related to HIV prevention and testing, and treatment initiation and adherence," she adds.
"KwaZulu-Natal is labouring under a quadruple burden of diseases, including hypertension and tuberculosis, of which HIV tops the list," states Dr Femi Olowookorun, Chief Technical Advisor: District Clinical Health Services (Family Physician). "There are currently 14 000 people on ARV therapy in the Ugu district, but with a total population of 750 000 - coupled with a prevalence of approximately 20% - there is a serious need to encourage HIV testing and get more people on ARV therapy."
"It is critical that we break down the barriers to adherence. We need our community to understand the importance of testing early, starting treatment at the right time, and disclosing their status to their family members. Without following these three steps, adherence levels can be severely hindered," Dr Olowookorun adds.
It is hoped that the first-hand accounts highlighted in the ARV Education Series will encourage community members within the Ugu district to come forward and test early and start treatment at the right time.
"I encourage healthcare workers to ensure that the DVDs are shown continuously in patient waiting areas and the public should not hesitate to ask to see these DVDs when they visit their local clinics or hospitals," Dr Olowookorun concludes.
A special word of appreciation is extended to the individuals who participated in this documentary for being prepared to share their stories publicly in the interest of helping others cope with and prevent the spread of HIV.
For additional information please contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BROADREACH
HEALTHCARE AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
COMPLETE REVITALIZED HIV EDUCATION AND AWARENESS MATERIALS
Washington, DC, 30 June 08 – A training of trainers session held
in Kuala Lumpur this month marked the completion of a six month-long
project to improve the education and awareness materials of Standard
Chartered Bank's Living with HIV program. Standard Chartered began
its HIV workplace education programme in 1999, and since 2003
has implemented the Living with HIV program globally to mitigate
the impact of the HIV epidemic on its workforce and in the communities
they serve. The updated materials focus on communicating consistent
and comprehensive messaging across a wide variety of markets,
through culturally relevant activities and facilitated discussion.
Ann Grant, Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank, noted: "BroadReach
has done a fabulous job of updating our HIV education tools and
has truly enhanced our workplace HIV education programme, making
it much more flexible for relevance across all our markets and
more attractive for partner companies. SCB has long been committed
to combating HIV and AIDS, and the new toolkit will enable us
to dramatically increase the positive impact we are making in
communities around the world." On selecting a consulting partner,
Vanessa Green, Group Sustainability, said "It was a fantastic
experience working with BroadReach. They have managed to combine
the results-oriented focus of a private sector consulting firm
with a deep knowledge of global public health issues. BroadReach
has been 100% responsive to our needs and surpassed my expectations".
The new education and awareness component of the program will
be available to Standard Chartered employees, and any organisation
around the world who wishes to partner with Standard Chartered
in HIV education. The materials and activities will support Standard
Chartered's Clinton Global Initiative pledge to educate one million
people about HIV and AIDS, made in 2006.
Click here to read UNAIDS' feature article about Standard Chartered
Bank's Workplace HIV Education Programme.
Click here to read a letter from SCB's Chief Executive, Peter
Sands, to SCB's "HIV Champions" (the Bank's peer educators),
in which he recognizes their efforts and introduces the new materials.
For more information on BroadReach's involvement with Standard
Chartered Bank, please contact Tim Hartman at thartman@brhc.com.
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IMPROVING
THERAPEUTIC INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS AND
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN NAMIBIA
Windhoek, 30 April 08 – As part of the Strengthening Pharmaceutical
Systems (SPS) team, BroadReach Healthcare recently conducted an
assessment of the therapeutic information related to antiretroviral
therapy in Namibia.
Supported by SPS and the Ministry of Health and Social Services
(MoHSS), the Therapeutic Information and Pharmacovigilance Center
(TIPC) was established to provide information to health professionals
and the community, and to monitor adverse drug reactions within
the country. BroadReach worked with the TIPC to develop specific
recommendations for providing coordinated, correct, and timely
information. These recommendations aim to leverage existing country
resources whenever possible, and are tailored to the unique country
context of Namibia.
The next phases of the project will be prioritizing and implementing
these recommendations.
SPS is a multi-year USAID-funded project managed by Management
Sciences for Health (MSH) as a follow-on to the Rational Pharmaceutical
Management (RPM) Plus Program.
For more information on BroadReach's work in Namibia, please contact
John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BROADREACH HEALTHCARE SELECTED TO REVITALIZE
AWARD-WINNING HIV EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM
Washington, DC, 1 Feb 08 – BroadReach Healthcare is pleased to
announce that it has been awarded a contract with Standard Chartered
Bank to update and revitalize the education materials for its
Living with HIV workplace education program. Standard Chartered
began its HIV workplace education programme in 1999, and since
2003 has implemented the Living with HIV program globally to mitigate
the impact of the HIV epidemic on its workforce and the communities
they serve. Standard Chartered has received global recognition
for this comprehensive workplace program, including the Global
Business Coalition's 2007 Outstanding Business Action Award for
Core Competency.
BroadReach will assess the materials and activities currently
used for employee and community education and awareness about
HIV and AIDS, adapt existing or develop new materials, and conduct
training of trainers in the implementation of the program. The
materials will be made available to employees and communities
around the world and will be central to fulfilling Standard Charter's
bold commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative to educate one
million people on HIV and AIDS by 2010.
Standard Chartered has an extensive presence in more than 70 countries
in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa,
the United Kingdom and the Americas.
For more information on BroadReach's involvement with Standard
Chartered Bank, please contact Tim Hartman at thartman@brhc.com.
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BroadReach
Healthcare Awarded Contract with
the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
Washington, DC, 25 Jan 08 – BroadReach Healthcare is pleased to
announce that it has been awarded a contract with the Global Fund
to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to provide consulting
services in operations and grants management support in Southern
Africa. BroadReach, in partnership with Dalberg Global Development
Advisors, will work through task orders issued by the Global Fund
to provide expertise in governance and oversight processes of
the Fund's Country Coordinating Mechanisms, grants management
and implementation support, and the documentation of case studies
in the Southern African region.
For more information on BroadReach's involvement with the Global
Fund, please contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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Working
with the Private Sector
to Provide HIV/AIDS Treatment in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Dec 2007 – As part of the AIDS, Population,
and Health Integrated Assistance Program (APHIA II) in Kenya's
Western Province, BroadReach Healthcare will work with private
sector providers to provide HIV/AIDS care and treatment and to
improve referral systems with the public sector. BroadReach is
proud to be a part of the team led by PATH, an international NGO
with long-standing success in improving health systems. The project,
funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
is a five-year initiative established with the aim of improving
access to and integration of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment
services in Kenya.
For more information or to discuss partnership opportunities,
please contact
John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BroadReach
Healthcare Expanding HIV/AIDS Program in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 1 Oct 2007 – BroadReach Healthcare has
been awarded a five year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) to expand HIV/AIDS care
and treatment in partnership with the Government of South Africa.
The BroadReach program aims to build the capacity of the public
and private sectors to expand access to treatment to over 35,000
people over the life of the project. It will involve work in most
provinces, including Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga,
Northwest and the Western Cape.
The total contract has an overall ceiling of $98 million, with
a year one budget of $13.6 million, and is part of the US President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). BroadReach is working
with our established partners in South Africa including South
African government, Aid for AIDS, Daimler, and numerous community-based
organizations. This project builds upon the company's success
in community mobilization and comprehensive care, implemented
in the country since 2005.
For more information on our work in South Africa, please contact
John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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Strengthening
Pharmaceutical Systems Contract Awarded
Washington, DC, 21 September 2007 – BroadReach Healthcare is pleased
to be a core partner on the winning consortium for the Strengthening
Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) cooperative agreement, funded by
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The consortium,
led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), is a five-year, $147.5
million follow-on to the Rational Pharmaceutical Management (RPM)
Plus Program. SPS aims to achieve:
• Improve governance
in the pharmaceutical sector
• Strengthen pharmaceutical
management systems to support public health services
• Contain
the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance
• Expand
access to and improved use of essential medicines
In addition to MSH and BroadReach, the core team of partners includes
the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network, The Lewin Group, LMI Government
Consulting, University of Washington Department of Global Health,
and World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center. BroadReach
is proud and excited to be a part of such an accomplished group
of partners, and looks forward to working with them on projects
associated with this contract.
For more information on SPS, please visit http://www.msh.org/programs/sps2007.html,
or contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BroadReach
Healthcare Awarded AIDSTAR Contract
Washington, DC, 31 Jul 07 – The U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) announced that an international consortium
including BroadReach Healthcare has been awarded the 5-year AIDS
Support and Technical Assistance Resources Indefinite Quantity
Contract (AIDSTAR). The consortium, led by John Snow International
(JSI), will be eligible to compete with six other consortia for
an estimated $500 million in projects to expand critical HIV prevention,
treatment, and care services in developing countries over the
next five years.
The JSI-led team consists of many established partners in addition
to BroadReach, including: EnCompass LLC, GMMB, Instituto Promundo,
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), MAP International
(MAP), mothers2mothers (m2m), Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
(SSS), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), The White
Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA), and World Education,
Inc. (WEI). BroadReach looks forward to the opportunity to support
USAID Missions, local stakeholders, and our partners to improve
access to and quality of HIV and AIDS services through this award.
For more information please contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BroadReach
Healthcare on Two Winning Teams
for USAID TASC3 Award
Washington, DC, 1/11/07 – BroadReach Healthcare announced today
that it is a member of two winning teams for TASC3 contracts from
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
BroadReach will serve as a subcontractor to two leading global
health organizations: Emerging Markets Group (EMG), and Management
Sciences for Health (MSH). The TASC3 contract vehicle allows the
agency to procure technical assistance and support for programs
overseen by USAID’s Population, Health, and Nutrition section.
TASC3 Global Health is a five-year indefinite quantity contract
(IQC) with a worldwide focus and a total contract ceiling of $1
billion.
Under TASC3, local USAID Missions can solicit implementation support
in achieving objectives related to family planning and reproductive
health, infectious disease, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health.
As a contractor, BroadReach looks forward to supporting various
USAID Missions through consulting, technical assistance, and program
management services, assisting with efforts to improve the quality
of care for critical healthcare delivery operations. Focusing
on its mission to “improve people’s lives by transforming the
experience of healthcare for patients and consumers across the
globe,” BroadReach will bring its business expertise and past
experience in health systems strengthening, program scale-up support,
infectious disease treatment, clinical quality monitoring and
assurance, and health financing to the two teams on which it participates.
For more information on BroadReach’s involvement with TASC3, or
its portfolio of work, please contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com.
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BroadReach
Healthcare and South Africa's North West Province Partner to Expand
Access to Antiretroviral Treatment through Innovative Down-Referral
Model
In an effort to increase access to antiretroviral treatment, South
Africa's North West regional government hospital services, local
private doctors, and BroadReach Healthcare have partnered to create
an innovative model of "down referring" patients who have been
on ARVs for more than six months from the Klerksdorp/Tshepong
Hospital Complex to general practitioners for ongoing management.
This program allows stable patients to be treated in communities
closer to their homes and also makes hospital resources available
to treat new patients. More than 2500 patients will benefit from
this down referral process in the first year.
For more information, please click
here.
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DR. ERNEST
DARKOH NAMED A WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER
The Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic
Forum, announced today that Dr. Ernest Darkoh, Chairman of BroadReach
Healthcare, has been named a Young Global Leader 2006.
For more information, please click
here.
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US STATE
DEPARTMENT ISSUES PRESS RELEASE AND ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTING BROADREACH'S
INNOVATIVE PUBLIC/PRIVATE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AND TREATMENT PROGRAM
IN SOUTH AFRICA
BroadReach's large-scale health delivery and HIV/AIDS treatment
program in South Africa was recently recognized for its business
rigor, innovation and ability to scale up rapidly to reach even
most remote villages, where treatment has never been available
before. The State Department detailed the BroadReach model and
approach, and leadership provided by Dr John Sargent, President
and COO.
For more information, please click
here.
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TIME MAGAZINE
NAMES BROADREACH'S CHAIRMAN, DR. ERNEST DARKOH, ONE OF 18 "GLOBAL
HEALTH HEROES"
BroadReach's Chairman, Dr. Ernest Darkoh, was recently recognized
as one of 18 Global Health Heroes at the TIME Magazine Global
Health Summit in New York. Dr Darkoh was acknowledged for his
and BroadReach's bold leadership of Masa - one of Africa's first
national ARV programs spearheaded by the government of Botswana
in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and
Merck. Dr. Darkoh was also prominently featured in the PBS series
"Rx for Survival", which aired in
the US in November 2005.
For more information please follow these links:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124331,00.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/champions/ernest_darkoh.html
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BROADREACH
IN CONSORTIA WINNING LARGE USAID AWARD
BroadReach Healthcare has been awarded a large USAID IQC contract
as one of the members of the Millennium Group International/IP3
led consortium. The "Building Recovery and Reform through Democratic
Governance (BRDG)" Indefinite Quantity Contract has a $750M ceiling
and seeks to promote democratic governance in fragile or transition
states by reinforcing legitimacy of state structures, policies,
and functions; strengthening public management; and building government
and civil society capacity for strategic planning, policy, and
institutional reform. BroadReach will be responsible for all healthcare
focused projects within the consortium team.
For more information please contact John Sargent at jsargent@brhc.com
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