{{Short description|US nonprofit human development organization}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox organization | name = FHI 360 | image = | type = Non-government organization | founded = 1971 | tax_id = | registration_id = | founder = | location = North Carolina, United States | coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | key_people = | region_served = Currently operating in more than 60 nations | product = | focus = {{Hlist|Public Health|international development|education|nutrition|environment|economic development|civil society|gender equality|youth|research|technology|social marketing|communication}} | method = | revenue = $790,900,000+ (2023) | endowment = | num_employees = 2,200 employees | owner = | former_name = Family Health International, International Fertility Research Program | dissolved = | website = {{URL|https://www.fhi360.org/}} | footnotes = https://www.fhi360.org/about-us-impact-and-financial-reports/ }}

'''FHI 360''' (formerly '''Family Health International''') is a global nonprofit organization based in North Carolina. FHI 360 operates in more than 60 countries and all U.S. states and territories. Established in 1971, the organization manages projects relating to health and economic development. In 1986 the organization began a worldwide response to HIV/AIDS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310553.html |title=AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: 4,000 Niger Deltans Benefit from HIV/AIDS Initiative (Page 1 of 1) |access-date=June 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406141540/http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310553.html |archive-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/543854/-/u33ots/-/ |title=Before sex Aids pill trials to start – News |publisher=nation.co.ke |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR2995.htm |title=Family Health International – healthfinder.gov – FHI |publisher=healthfinder.gov |date=June 9, 2011 |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010050425/http://healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR2995.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> FHI 360's research and programs also address malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious and chronic diseases as well as challenges like poverty, underemployment and financial instability. The organization is supported by governments, foundations, research institutions, and private corporations such as GE<ref>{{Cite web |title=Next Engineers |url=https://www.nextengineers.org/about |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=www.nextengineers.org/ |language=en}}</ref> and Johnson & Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-31 |title=Bridge to employment: preparing youth for brighter futures |url=https://www.jnj.com/our-giving/bridge-to-employment-preparing-youth-for-brighter-futures |access-date=2026-01-16 |website=JNJ.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.positivedeviance.org/projects/organizations.html?id=116 |title=PD Projects by Organization |publisher=Positivedeviance.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929135905/http://www.positivedeviance.org/projects/organizations.html?id=116 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fhi.org/en/AboutFHI/CorporateReports/index.htm |title=FHI 360 – Four Decades of Improving Lives |publisher=FHI 360 |access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref>

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==History== Other major sponsors of HIV/AIDS programs, as well as other health and development areas, include the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.<ref>{{cite news|author=Triangle Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/05/25/daily46.html |title=Gates Foundation grants Family Health International $100k for HIV work – Triangle Business Journal |publisher=Bizjournals.com |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |date=May 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?CountryId=KEN&compid=315&grantid=69&lang=en |title=Grant in Detail - Portfolio of Grants - KENYA & the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |access-date=January 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903094030/http://www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?CountryId=KEN&compid=315&grantid=69&lang=en |archive-date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other governments, private foundations, and the private sector have partnered with FHI 360 to overcome health and development challenges.<ref name="gbcimpact1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gbcimpact.org/itcs_node/9/549/news/2284 |title=Welcome to GBCHealth |publisher=Gbcimpact.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/3217-taylor-swift-signs-elephant-for-family-health-international |title=Taylor Swift Signs Elephant For Family Health International |publisher=Looktothestars.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011|date=2009-10-09 }}</ref>

In 2010, Family Health International rebranded itself and its name was simplified to FHI, reflecting a broadened scope that encompasses health and development as well as service to families, communities, and nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhi.org/en/AboutFHI/Media/Releases/res_FHIAnnounces_UpdatedName.htm |title=360 – Family Health International Announces Updated Name |publisher=FHI |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref>

In 2011, FHI and the Academy for Educational Development came together to create FHI 360. Current staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, youth, research and technology. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries and all U.S. states and territories.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT FHI 360 |url=https://fhifoundation.wpengine.com/?page_id=2431 |website=FHI Foundation |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>

==Innovations== ===CAPRISA 004=== {{main|CAPRISA 004}} FHI 360 contributed to a clinical trial called CAPRISA 004, which provided an important breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a vaginal gel that significantly reduces a woman's risk of infection.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abdool Karim |first1=Q. |last2=Abdool Karim |first2=S. S. |last3=Frohlich |first3=J. A. |last4=Grobler |first4=A. C. |last5=Baxter |first5=C. |last6=Mansoor |first6=L. E. |last7=Kharsany |first7=A. B. M. |last8=Sibeko |first8=S. |last9=Mlisana |first9=K. P. |last10=Omar |first10=Z. |last11=Gengiah |first11=T. N. |last12=Maarschalk |first12=S. |last13=Arulappan |first13=N. |last14=Mlotshwa |first14=M. |last15=Morris |first15=L. |year=2010 |title=Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir Gel, an Antiretroviral Microbicide, for the Prevention of HIV Infection in Women |url= |journal=Science |volume=329 |issue=5996 |pages=1168–1174 |bibcode=2010Sci...329.1168A |doi=10.1126/science.1193748 |pmc=3001187 |pmid=20643915 |last16=Taylor |first16=D. |author17=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/25500/ |title=New Hope for Preventing HIV Transmission |work=Technology Review |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/aids-breakthrough-gel-hel_n_651628.html |title=AIDS Breakthrough: Gel Helps Prevent Infection |work=Huffington Post |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |date=July 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://globalhealth.kff.org/~/media/Images/AIDS2010/Support%20Files/July20%20Safety%20and%20Effectiveness%20of%20one%20percent%20Tenofovir%20Vaginal%20Microbicide.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804151728/http://globalhealth.kff.org/~/media/Images/AIDS2010/Support%20Files/July20%20Safety%20and%20Effectiveness%20of%20one%20percent%20Tenofovir%20Vaginal%20Microbicide.pdf|date=August 4, 2010}}</ref>

==Affiliations== ===CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy=== Family Health International's president for Public Health Programs, Peter Lamptey, was named a member of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/about/commissioners/peter-lamptey/ |title=The CSIS Global Health Policy Center |publisher=Smartglobalhealth.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831233300/http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/about/commissioners/peter-lamptey/ |archive-date=August 31, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/ |title=The CSIS Global Health Policy Center |publisher=Smartglobalhealth.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> The Commission brings together 26 prominent leaders from the private sector, the United States Congress, academia, media, and the security, foreign policy, and global health communities to set goals and priorities for US global health efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/pages/about |title=About Smart Global Health &#124; The CSIS Global Health Policy Center |publisher=Smartglobalhealth.org |accessdate=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008220218/http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/pages/about |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Commission released its final report titled "A Healthier, Safer, and More Prosperous World" in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/content/report|title=A Healthier, Safer, and More Prosperous World|access-date=March 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322174923/http://smartglobalhealth.org/content/report|archive-date=March 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Projects in countries around the world ==

=== In Vietnam === * Initiative in Vietnam to reduce cigarette smoking (Initiative Click No-smoking, Vietnamese: Click không thuốc lá). It was initiated and implemented by Family Health International in cooperation with Vietnam Youth Union (Communist Party of Vietnam) and Vietnam National Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH) on website <nowiki>https://clickkhongthuocla.vn</nowiki><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 11, 2010|title=Non-smoking website makes debut|url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/nonsmoking-website-makes-debut/17375.vnp|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=VietnamPlus, Vietnam News Agency (VNA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Vì một môi trường không khói thuốc tại Việt Nam|url=http://dangcongsan.vn/khoa-giao/vi-mot-moi-truong-khong-khoi-thuoc-tai-viet-nam-11808.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam}}</ref> * The Sustainable HIV Response From Technical Assistance (SHIFT) Project worth 26 million dollars<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 27, 2016|title=New U.S.-Supported Project Boosts Sustainable HIV/AIDS Response in Vietnam|url=https://vn.usembassy.gov/20160727-new-us-supported-project-boosts-sustainable-hivaids-response-in-vietnam|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=U.S. EMBASSY}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.fhi360.org/ FHI 360 official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208203552/https://www.fhi360.org/ |date=December 8, 2021 }} * [https://clickkhongthuocla.vn/ Click không thuốc lá event website]

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