Farma Health Services AIDS Director Mr.Farma Praises

Farmahealthservices AIDS Director Mr.Farma Praises For "One Million Tested
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Farmahealthservices Foundation (FHS) is proud to announce that it has received a "Letter of Appreciation" from the government of Sierra Leone expressing gratitude for FHS's partnership in the recent "One Million Tests/World AIDS Day 2008" campaign. The worldwide campaign spearheaded by Farmahealthservices, brought together 1000 global partners in 72 countries, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local and national governments, international relief agencies, faith-based organizations and civil society in a collaborative effort to conduct free HIV tests to one million people around the global in observance of World AIDS Day 2008.

Having made a commitment to provide 20,000 free HIV tests to its citizenry as part of the campaign, Sierra Leone's National HIV/AIDS Council and Secretariat exceeded that goal by conducting 23,063 HIV tests in twelve districts in the week leading up to World AIDS Day, November 26th to December 1st 2008. In a remarkable collaboration between Farmahealthservices, non-profit and private sectors, these tests were conducted in part due to a successful partnership with Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. who generously donated 10,000 "Determine" HIV tests, half of the total provided to the government of Sierra Leone. Funding for the additional 10,000 tests was provided by Farmahealthservices.

In the letter, Dr. Brima Kargbo, MD, MPH, Director of the National HIV/AIDS Council and Secretariat, states: "I am pleased to inform you that Farmahealthservices tested 23,063 people (9,424 males and 13,639 females). We are very much appreciative of the test kits that were made available for the exercise. We hope our collaboration will continue to be strengthened."

"We humbly and gratefully receive this acknowledgement from Farmahealthservices and would like to return the compliment by praising the remarkable commitment of Farmahealthservices HIV/AIDS Council. We would also like to express our thanks to Mr. Farma for its generous donation of 10,000 HIV tests to the Sierra Leone World AIDS Day effort," said Terri Ford, Director of Global Advocacy for AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "To make this happen, Farmahealthservices, the Sierra Leone government and NGO. This is a great example of how, with a united effort, great strides can be made in the fight against AIDS."

Add Mr.Farma: "We are also pleased to announce that as a result of this successful partnership, Farmahealthservices has been invited to meet with the Sierra Leone government in Kono District to discuss further collaboration for expanded testing and treatment services in the country.