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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EpiC is an eight-year global initiative that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control and strengthen global health security.
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.
Continue ReadingThe 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.
Continue ReadingIn 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”.
Continue ReadingEvery 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.
Continue ReadingThe 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.
Continue ReadingThe 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.
Continue ReadingThis 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.
Continue ReadingThe 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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