In cooperation with the Republican AIDS Center, the EpiC project in Tajikistan, led a high-level forum in May in Dushanbe to discuss options to combat stigma against PLHIV.
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Becoming a USAID Prime Recipient: Experiences from Local and Key Population-led Organizations
The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted a webinar featuring local organizations that have become prime USAID funding recipients.
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Pride event highlights approaches to prevent and respond to online violence toward LGBTQI+ individuals in Cambodia
In celebration of Pride month, USAID’s Gender and Inclusive Development Dialogue (GIDD) and FHI 360 organized a Pride event on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Factory Phnom Penh on the theme of “Campaign and Dialogue on Preventing and Responding to online violence towards LGBTQI+ individuals”.
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Leading by example: A peer educator empowers young women in Tanzania
Every year on August 12 the world celebrates International Youth Day. Globally, youth play a critical role in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, especially adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). This year we recognize Nasra Hija, a peer educator from Chamazi ward, as an emerging youth leader in the fight for an HIV-free generation.
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Enhancing mental health and psychosocial support in HIV service delivery programs serving key populations in Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global mental health crisis, making the provision of mental health and psychosocial support a critical component of comprehensive HIV programming. In the first year of the pandemic alone, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25 percent. Given the proximity to the initial outbreak, Southeast Asia was one of the first regions affected by the pandemic.
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Empowering adolescent girls and young women in Malawi: The EMPOWER project’s path to epidemic control
The EMPOWER Project in Malawi provides high-quality, integrated SRH and HIV services to adolescent girls and young women. These services include family planning, post-GBV support, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing—including index testing and HIV self-testing—and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.
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Seeds of change: A peer outreach worker’s story
Phuong Hoa, Communications Officer, EpiC VietnamRachel Coley, Technical Advisor and Project Manager, EpiC Vietnam In a small district in Southern Vietnam lies a charming house where magenta bougainvillea flowers spill across the gate to the home of Hong An (pseudonym).... Continue Reading
Responding to Mpox: Lessons Learned from the EpiC Project and Implications for Future Outbreaks
This webinar featured an overview of USAID’s response to the global mpox outbreak, and panelists discussed successes of the interventions in Jamaica, Guatemala, and Benin. Presenters also reflected on lessons learned for responding to future outbreaks of mpox and other diseases.
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Shifting power: The experience of three development organizations
Traditionally, large international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) have served as prime recipients of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, collaborating with local NGOs as subrecipients. Now, as U.S. government funders prioritize local leadership and sustainability, these roles are flipping, with... Continue Reading
Sustaining efforts toward achieving HIV epidemic control among key populations in Africa: Highlights from the INTEREST workshop
The INTEREST 2023 conference brought together experts in HIV prevention and treatment to share experiences around the progress that has been made in the fight against HIV in Africa, especially around implementation science.
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