Contacts for HIV,AIDS information in Malawi

HIV/AIDS Organisations
Ministry of Health and Population
Contact person: Tel: +265 1 789 400
Location: P.O. Box 30377
Lilongwe 3, Malawi +265 1 788 849
Fax: +265 1 789 431
Email: health@malawi.gov.mw
What we do:

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National AIDS Commission of Malawi
Contact person:Dr Owen Kalua, director of programmes Tel: +265 1 727 900
Location: P.O. Box 30622
Lilongwe, Malawi Fax: +265 1 843 363
Email: okalua@aidsmalawi.org
mwaleb@aidsmalawi.org.mw
Web: www.aidsmalawi.org
What we do: Prevention work; strengthen the capacity of institutions, communities and individuals to stop the spread of the epidemic and mitigate its impact.

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Actionaid - Malawi
Contact person: Tel: +265 1 757 500/04/08
Location: P.O. Box 30735, Lilongwe Fax: +265 1 771 349
Email:
Web: www.actionaid.org
What we do: Prevention; care and support, advocacy, outreach; education; counselling.

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Family Health International (FHI)
Contact person: Dr Margaret Kaseje, country director Tel: +265 1 775 106
Location: House City Center
Arwa House, 3rd Floor/ North Wing
Lilongwe 3, Malawi Fax:
Email: mkaseje@fhi.org.mw
Web: www.fhi.org
What we do: Diversified programme of research, education, and services in family health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

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Malawi Network of AIDS Service Organisations (MANASO)
Contact person: Tel: +265 01 835 018/46
Location: P.O. Box 2916
Blantrye, Malawi Fax:
Email: manaso@Malawi.net
Web:
What we do: Networking; information sharing, training workshops; grants management aimed at building the capacities of community based organisations.

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Malawi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Contact person: Victor Kamanga / George Kampango Tel: +265 1 773 727
Location: Private Bag 377
Lilongwe 3, Malawi Fax: +265 1 770 194
Email: manetplus@manetplus.net
director@manetplus.net
Web: www.sanaso.org.zw
What we do: Support groups; information; training programmes; conferences.

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National Association of People with HIV/AIDS in Malawi (NAPHAM)
Contact person: Kumbakani Black Tel: +265 1 791 943
+265 1 770 641
Location: Private Bag 355
Lilongwe, Malawi +265 1 776 343
Fax: +265 1 791 939
Email: napham@malawi.net
What we do: Home-based care; counselling; education; condom promotion; information; support; advocacy.

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Partners in Hope
Contact person: Tel: +265 01 727 155
Location: P.O. Box 302
Lilongwe, Malawi Fax:
Email: pihmalawi@bdsmw.org.com
Web:
What we do: Clinic with programmes for ARVs; HIV prevention; prevention of mother to child transmission; home-based care.

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Population Services International (PSI)
Contact person: Tel: +265 1 677 345
Location: P.O. Box 529
16 Leslie Road
Blantyre, Malawi Fax: +265 1 674 138
Email: chavasse@malawi.net
Web: www.psi.org
What we do: Uses social marketing to deliver health products, services and information that enable low-income and other vulnerable people to lead healthier lives.

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Southern African AIDS Training Programme (SAT)
Contact person: Tel: +265 1 774 422
+265 1 774 427
Location: Private Bag B325, Lilongwe 3, Malawi Fax: +265 1 775 351
Email: sat.malawi@satregional.org
Web: www.satregional.org
What we do: Supports community responses to HIV and AIDS through in-depth partnership; networking; skills exchange; lesson sharing in HIV prevention, HIV and AIDS care and support throughout the region.

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Salima HIV-AIDS Support Organization (SASO)
Contact person: George Kanyemba Tel: +265 262 821
Location: PL Bag 18
Salima, Malawi Fax:
Email:
Web:
What we do: Networking; information sharing, training workshops; grants management aimed at building the capacities of community-based organisations.

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Umoyo Network
Contact person: Tel: +265 621 022
+265 621 348
Location: Private Bag 254
Blantyre, Malawi Fax: +265 624 980
Email: umoyo@malawi.net
Web: www.umoyonetwork.org
What we do: Capacity building in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS of local NGOs in Malawi.

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UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, Chair
Contact person: Mr Michael Keating, UNDP Tel: +265 1 773 329
Location: Lilongwe 3, Malawi Fax:
Email: Michael.keating@undp.org
Web:
What we do: Supports an expanded response and policy advice on preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.

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UNAIDS Country Co-ordinator
Contact person: Desmond Johns Tel: +265 1 772 603
Location: P.O. Box 30135
Lilongwe 3, Malawi Fax: +265 1 773 992
Email: djohns@unaids.unvh.mw
Web:
What we do: UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.

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Sources: - The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- The World Bank
- World Health Organization
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Country Profiles
- United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2005. “World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision.” New York.
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)