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.
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Category: HIV
Improving 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.
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Forum 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.
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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
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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Overcoming Addiction and Reclaiming Life: A Photostory from the EpiC project in Central Asia
Peer support groups and opioid substitution therapy provided by SPIN Plus—a partner organization of the EpiC project—offer a new lease on life to those struggling with drug use and at risk for HIV. Read the story of Sher, who overcame his addiction and has since became a peer navigator to support those going through similar struggles. Using his own experiences, he helps others start anew and turn their lives around.
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