Medicine &
health
ACT started in 2002 as an HIV/AIDS project, caring for families impacted by the disease. Today, ACT still cares for many HIV+ people, but also responds to other public health problems and diseases, like tuberculosis and cervical cancer. ACT works to strengthen the public health system and partners closely with the health centers in the communities where we work. ACT monitors the health of the people in the project and ensures that all of its interventions are high impact.
Every family in Ethiopia ACT is enrolled in the government's Community-Based Health Insurance program. When the health system isn't able to provide the care needed, ACT steps in and makes sure that quality care is provided.
913
Individuals Receiving Healthcare Support
2,508
Families Served Since 2002
177
HIV+ Individuals Receiving Care
Alem
When Alem received a call notifying her that Ethiopia ACT was enrolling needy families in her community she was desperate. The COVID lockdown had trapped her at home and she had lost her job as a day laborer. A single mother with three children to support, her health was declining and she was soon to be evicted.