In 2023, EpiC launched Key Population Electronic Logbook (KP eLog) in with Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control. It aims to improve HIV data quality for prevention and testing services and link data between community-based interventions for key populations and facility-based services.
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Celebrating World AIDS Day with arts, creativity, and youth engagement
On December 17, 2023, a youth art exhibit organized by the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project was held at Meta House, an art centre based in Phnom Penh, as an extension of World AIDS Day celebrations.
Continue ReadingDifferentiated HIV services for adolescent girls and young women in Nigeria
The National Aligned HIV/AIDS Initiative (NAHI) provides HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs for the most vulnerable AGYW in two southeastern states in Nigeria, providing high quality HIV prevention and other health services, as well as economic empowerment opportunities.
Continue ReadingWorld AIDS Day 2023: Let communities lead
The FHI 360 team, through the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) Project and other collaborations will continue to support the elevation of community leadership to amplify their voices and support their agency in the years to come
Continue ReadingStrengthening West Africa AIDS Foundation’s HIV response
After establishing itself as a leader in HIV treatment and prevention programming in Ghana, the West Africa AIDS Foundation began focusing on strengthening its organizational capacity to improve its sustainability.
Continue ReadingImproving HIV Patient Follow-up in Liberia through Client-Level Electronic Data Management
The PEPFAR- and USAID-funded EpiC project used DHIS2 Tracker to improve HIV management data accuracy in four Liberian high-volume facilities, helping ensure that up to 2,000 additional people received HIV care.
Continue ReadingForum aims to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in Tajikistan
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 ReadingPride 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”.
Continue ReadingLeading 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.
Continue ReadingEnhancing 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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