BPDO is committed to improving the overall health and wellbeing of communities by delivering comprehensive, people‑centered health services to target groups while reinforcing the broader health system through innovative interventions.
With a strong track record, BPDO has successfully implemented US‑funded flagship programs in health and HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, care, and treatment. These efforts have been carried out both directly with US and in collaboration with leading international partners, including Project HOPE, Population Services International (PSI), World Learning Ethiopia (WL/E), John Snow Inc., and Pact Ethiopia.
Over the years, BPDO has led impactful initiatives that continue to make a difference. Below are some of the key projects that highlight our commitment to healthier communities.
Project Title: Health Security Activity (HSA) in 28 woredas of Amhara Region
Donor: USG (Back donor) and CCRDA/CGPP:- Active project
Project Duration: October 1, 2025-September 11, 2029.
Project sites: 28 woredas of Amhara Region in South Wollo Zone, Dessie City administrative, Oromia Special Zone, North Wollo Zone, Waghimra Zone, North Gondar, and Central Gondar
Project Beneficiaries: Residents living in the 28 targeted woredas and the neighboring woredas
Male: 2,199,234
Female: 2,275,537
Disability: 49,222
Project Description : The Health Security Activity (HSA) is a five-year USG-funded initiative implemented by Project HOPE Ethiopia and consortium members. HSA aims to reduce the impact of infectious disease outbreaks by building resilient One Health surveillance, diagnostics, and workforce development capacities. HSA services aim to improve the surveillance, detection, response, and workforce capacities in all implementation districts. This will lead to improving the well-being and quality of life of the community members and bridge the gaps in support and resources that these communities often experience. The target districts were selected based on their high burden of zoonotic disease, distributed public health infrastructure, and vulnerability to cross-border disease burden.
Project Goal: The project aims to reduce the burden of infectious disease outbreaks by enhancing early detection and establishing a resilient, integrated One Health surveillance system
Project Title: HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment Services for Key Populations Activity in Amhara Region.
Donor: USDOS/PEPFAR (Direct Award). Active project
Project Duration: October 1, 2020-December 31, 2025.
Project sites: 119 towns of the Amhara region.
Project Beneficiaries: Female sex workers (FSWs), out-of-school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), women who engage in transactional sex, high-risk men (HRM), including clients
of FSWs and daily laborers as well as truck drivers.
Scope: Contribute to the national HIV epidemic control, addressing the 95-95-95 targets. Moreover, under this award BPDO is expected to build capacity of local implementing partners
through subaward and provision of technical assistance.
Project Title: TB LON for Key Affected and Vulnerable Populations.
Donor: USAID (Direct Award).
Project Duration: October 1, 2023-September 2028. (Terminated on March 2025, Due to Budget Cut)
Geographical Coverage: in the Afar, Somali, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Gambella Regions.
Project Beneficiaries: The project will directly benefit 33,983 people with TB; among them, 2,379 TB/HIV co-infected persons and 4,077 children under 15 years.
Scope: The overall goal of this Local Organizations Network activity is to contribute to national and regional efforts to achieve END TB 90 (90) 90 milestones by 2025 towards the National End TB target by 2035.
Project Title: Family-Focused HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services in Amhara Region (Active)
Donor: USAID/Amhara Development organization (ADA)
Project Duration: October 1, 2020-December 31, 2025
Geographical Coverage: Legambo, Woreilu, Mekaneselam, Haik and Kombolcha.
Project Beneficiaries: Children, adolescents, and adults living with HIV who are undiagnosed; newly initiated on ART; or receiving antiretroviral therapy but not achieving viral load suppression. Vulnerable children and adolescents who are less than 18 years of age, with emphasis on ages 9 to 14 years for primary HIV and violence prevention.
Scope: Contribute to local HIV epidemic control to the attainment of 95-95-95 goals in the Amhara region. The activity provides comprehensive services for CLHIV and adults living with HIV to ensure viral suppression and prevention services are being provided to adolescents who are less than 18 years old.
Project Title: Empowered Community for Advanced TB Response (CFSC Round).
Donor: Stop TB Partnership/UNOPS.
Project Duration: November 15, 2023-May 15, 2025.
Project Sites: Afar region
Project Beneficiaries: TB Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVP).
Scope: The project aims to empower the capacity of the community to access high-quality TB services through a people-centered, rights-based, and gender-transformative approach in 3 woredas of the Afar region.
Project Title: MULU Key Population HIV Prevention
Donor: USAID/PEPFAR through PSI/E
Project Duration: October 2020-September 30, 2024
Geographical Coverage: 4 sub-cities of Addis Ababa (Lideta, Gulelle, Yeka, and Lemi Kura)
Project Beneficiaries: Female sex workers (FSWs), out-of-school adolescent girls and young
women (AGYW), women who engage in transactional sex, high-risk men (HRM), including clients
of FSWs and daily laborers as well as truck drivers.
Scope: The project uses a combination prevention approach, which includes biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions. Target groups include FSWs, clients of sex workers, waitresses, long-distance truck drivers, and widowed and divorced women. PLHIV associations work closely with government system like forces & technical working groups to sustain MULU results after phase-out and much more
Project Title: Optimizing adherence for IFA/MMS supplements in Amhara region
Donor: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Program (CCP)/Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Project Duration: September 1, 2022, to October 31, 2024
Geographical Coverage: two woredas of the Amhara Region: Dera in South Gondar and Sedie in East Gojam.
Project Beneficiaries: 45,430 (13,018 pregnant women aged 15-49 years & 32,412 adolescents)
girls aged 10-19 years).
Scope: Contribute to reducing maternal death caused by anemia, by increasing consumption of
weekly IFA supplements for adolescent girl’s age10-19 who are not pregnant and daily IFA/MMS
for supplementation for pregnant women aged 15-49 in rural Amhara region Dera and Sedie
woreda where the magnitude of the problem is among the highest.
Project Title: Reaching zero dose children in remote of Ethiopia evaluation.
Donor: Project Hope Ethiopia from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Project Duration: April 1, 2022, to August 15, 2022.
Geographical Coverage: Afar, Amhara, Addis Ababa, and Adama.
Project Beneficiaries: Zero doses of immunization in the remote areas of the indicated regions.
Scope: The general objective of the research is to identify and map clusters of missed communities and zero-dose children in Ethiopia, explore demand and supply barriers, including 9 gender and socio-cultural constraints, and generate evidence to inform policy and practice towards reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children in Ethiopia
Project Title: HIV Epidemic Control Project
Donor: USAID/PEPFAR (Direct Award)
Project Duration: 01 August 2019-30 September 2020.
Geographical Coverage: 54 towns in the East Amhara region & 3 sub-cities in Addis Ababa.
Project Beneficiaries: Female sex workers (FSWs), out-of-school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), women who engage in transactional sex, high-risk men (HRM), including clients of FSWs and daily laborers as well as truck drivers.
Scope: Contribute to the national HIV epidemic control by addressing the 90-90-90 targets. Moreover, the project strives to provide high-quality, high-impact, sustainable community-based HIV program. The project managed to reach key and priority populations through HIV testing services (16,457), linkage to HIV treatment services (1,258), SBCC (28,674) and GBV screening, counseling and referral (5,432)
Chief of Party
Senior Health and Nutrition program manager
Program Manager
Regional Surveillance Coordinator - HSA
Beza Posterity Development Organization (BPDO) is an Ethiopian NGO dedicated to empowering marginalized communities through health, youth development, social protection, and sustainable local solutions
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