Breaking The Cycle

  Fight AIDS Malawi          Malawi

Fight AIDS Malawi (FAM)’s innovation establishes a safe abortion ecosystem that builds the capacity of local health facilities and creates a referral system between rural villages and public and/or private clinics. The approach addresses structural barriers and expands access to safe abortion through an online forum for youth-friendly information, village and school forums as peer-educator led safe spaces, outreach clinics and participating pharmacies offering safe products and services, and supporting community engagement initiatives led by village forum leaders and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs). The OPTions portfolio previously funded the piloting of this innovation in Lilongwe district through a proof of concept grant. In this phase, FAM aims to refine and scale up the innovation to an additional 120 villages, 30 schools and 20 health facilities in Lilongwe and Dowa districts in central Malawi, while maintaining the innovation in the sites involved at proof of concept.