he Organization for Public Health Interventions and Development (OPHID) is a local trust which develops and implements innovative approaches and strategies to strengthen Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) services in Zimbabwe, providing enhanced access for communities to comprehensive HIV prevention and care. OPHID, previously known as the Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Development (ISPED) of Bordeaux, France, has been supporting the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in the implementation of the National Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Programme since 2001. We are a dynamic team of clinical, sociological and public health practitioners and researchers committed to strengthening families by working with communities to identify and respond to the health, psychosocial and support needs of children, their parents and caregivers.

OPHID currently operates in three provinces in Zimbabwe (Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central and Manicaland), with its central office located in Harare.