Published on 21/02/2020

Fight against HIV / AIDS: The monitoring and evaluation manager of the FEVE project in Niger receives two honours

For his commitment to supporting the improvement of the Nigerien health system, particularly in the response to HIV/AIDS, Mr Issa Karimou has received two honorary distinctions from the government of Niger. As a member of the national multi-sectoral coordination council for activities to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the FEVE project manager in Niger received an honorary certificate from the Ministry of Health and a token of appreciation from the Office of the Prime Minister of Niger.

Issa Karimou has been working in the HIV response since the start of the FEVE (Frontiers and Vulnerabilities to HIV in West Africa) programme in Niger in 2011.  

Financed by Luxembourg, this programme is coordinated by Enda Santé. It focuses on prevention, care and inter-country cooperation in the response to HIV/AIDS among the most vulnerable populations in 9 countries, including Niger.  

Since its first phase, the programme has been implemented with the support of partner organisations. In Niger, FEVE is led by the NGO SongEs, with Issa Karimou as the monitoring and evaluation officer. Mieux Vivre avec le Sida (MVS) and Espoir Niger are the other two organisations implementing FEVE in Niger.   

The consortium has provided access to HIV information and testing to more than 9193 vulnerable populations from 2016 to 2019. These two distinctions testify to the programme's place in the national response to HIV.  

″ This shows the efforts that have been made through the FEVE programme. Besides, the other actors in the response call me Issa FEVE since in all my interventions, I put forward the programme″ recalls the community actor.  

Issa Karimou sends a message to the other actors in the response: "We are in direct contact with the key populations, it is up to us to put our efforts together to make care, treatment and above all information available. The communities must be at the heart of the fight, even in the farthest reaches of Niger, to be the interface with the health authorities.

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