ACHAP spreads into broader Africa

African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) intends expanding its footprint to other African nations, as its main funders will stop funding in December.

Speaking during the awards ceremony on Friday, Jerome Mafeni, ACHAP chief executive said the organisation is introducing new strategy in which it will have multiple funders as the main funders are revising their funding priorities.

He said ACHAP is confronting a time of many significant global changes in the financial, health and development arenas. “This is also a time when our main funders are reviewing and revising their funding priorities leading to cut-backs or total cessation of funding,” said Mafeni.

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