Year: 2013
Type: report
Abstract: This program brief describes a Population Council initiative in three low-income areas of Ethiopia. Kalkidan (Amharic for “Promise”) is a three-year program designed to increase discussion and information-sharing on HIV and related topics between marital partners; to promote HIV prevention and health service utilization within marriage, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV; and to build husbands’ support of their wives, as well as investment in their health and that of their children. Kalkidan recruits and trains community-based mentors to lead parallel discussion groups of husbands and wives, who periodically come together for joint sessions. The Population Council is measuring changes associated with Kalkidan through a pre- and post-intervention survey that will measure the impact of the project on the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs at the population level.
DOI: 10.31899/pgy3.1012
Authors: Banchiamlack Dessalegn, Annabel Erulkar
Institutions: Population Council, Population Council
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2919422357