Organisation overview

Partnerships in Health/ Partnerstvo za zdravlje (PH)

Mrs Aida Kurtovic

Dr Mustafe Pintola 1

71210 Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

+387 33 627 652

+387 33 627 656

English, Bosnian

Non governmental

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Testing and counselling, Sexual education, Resource mobilisation, Research, Reproductive health, Prevention, Care and support

National, Regional - Eastern Europe

General public, Health care professionals, Injecting drug users (IDUs), Men having sex with men (MSM), NGOs, People living with HIV (PLHIV), Prisoners (ex-), Youth

Local, National, European, Global

International donors, European Commission

PH looks for quality partners and sufficient funding to met growing needs and demands in domain of fight against AIDS in BiH and region, innovative approaches and strategies to meet needs of PLHIV, development of partnerships and networking on awareness rising, advocacy, prevention, care and treatment of the HIV.

Strong expertize in capacity building of the health care professionals and civil society organizations, rich experience in prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and achievement sustainable improvements in the quality of basic and essential health services, rich experience in development of the technical materials and policy level work.

PH is one of highly important players in prevention and fight against HIV in BiH. PH has developed a national protocol for the Voluntary Counseling and Testing on HIV, participated in development of two national strategies for fight agains HIV in BiH, facilitated development of the national HIV and AIDS treatment guidelines, worked on development of applications to the GFATM, assisted the govenment in establishment of the VCT network within the government system under guidance of the PH, trained over 5000 health care professionals on HIV, established PLHIV organization in BIH, developed a numjber of technical materials and books on HIV and mededical practice, etc.