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FHI 360
FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research and technology-- creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. Established in 1971, the organization has long managed in projects relating to family planning and reproductive health. In 1986 the organization began a worldwide response to HIV/AIDS.〔http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310553.html〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Before sex Aids pill trials to start – News )〕〔()〕 FHI's research and programs also address malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious and chronic diseases and international agencies, governments, foundations, research institutions, and individual donors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PD Projects by Organization )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Health Council – Family Health International Receives Grant to Evaluate Once-Daily Antiretroviral as a Potential Method of HIV Prevention )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FHI 360 – Four Decades of Improving Lives )〕 FHI partners include the United States of America.
==History==
Family Health International grew from a contraceptive research project begun at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Invalid link )〕 An initial grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) helped establish the International Fertility Research Program (IFRP), which became an independent, nonprofit organization in 1975.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spinoffs – UNC Carolina Population Center )〕 In 1982 IFRP changed its name to Family Health International.〔 Since then Family Health International work expanded beyond family planning into other areas of reproductive health research and technical assistance.〔http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Programs/index.htm〕 FHI investigated and implemented effective ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and enhance the quality of reproductive health services.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FHI 360 – Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technologies Research and Utilization Program )〕 In 1986, FHI began working on early strategies to prevent HIV infectionand in 1987 FHI was awarded USAID's first five-year HIV/AIDS prevention program in developing countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Health Council – Publications )〕〔()〕 Continuous funding since then – from USAID, the National Institutes of Health (NIH),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Family Health International/IMPACT-Ghana's HIV/AIDS program with Faith-Based Partners )〕 and others – enabled FHI to manage some of the largest HIV/AIDS programs in the world. US Government agencies, principally USAID, the National Institutes of Health, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Campaigns and Initiatives – Campaign Overviews )〕 remain important funding sources. Other major sponsors of HIV/AIDS programs, as well as other health and development areas, include the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.〔http://www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?CountryId=KEN&compid=315&grantid=69&lang=en〕 Increasingly, other governments, private foundations, and the private sector are partnering with FHI 360 to overcome the health and development challenges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to GBCHealth )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International )〕 In 2010, Family Health International rebranded itself with the new tagline, “The science of improving lives,” highlighting FHI's commitment to empirical science empowering the world’s most vulnerable people. The name was also simplified to FHI, reflecting a broadened scope that encompasses health and development as well as service to families, communities, and nations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=360 – Family Health International Announces Updated Name )〕 In 2011, the teams of experts from Family Health International and Academy for Educational Development came together to create FHI 360. Staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research and technology-- creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.
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