EpiC Kyrgyzstan "It was hard for me in those days, and now there are people nearby who help me start all over again." Dmitry is from Bishkek and is 38 years old. Dmitry was a drug user for many years. After the death of his first wife, he raised his daughter alone. Three years ago, …
Continue reading Second life: Lifesaving by peer navigators from Bishkek
Maly Phou, Technical Officer, EpiC CambodiaSopheap Seng, Country Representative Deputy Director, EpiC CambodiaSteve Wignall, Project Director, EpiC CambodiaVirak Vinich, Social & Behavior Change Communication Technical Advisor, EpiC Cambodia In Cambodia, people living with HIV and members of key populations have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, “red zones” — the hot spots …
Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES and EpiC projects as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in Action series. To access the audio recording of the webinar, please click here. To access the audio recording of the webinar, please click here. On January 27th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported EpiC project hosted a webinar in a series …
Continue reading Reckoning and resilience: How key populations met the challenges of COVID-19
Zakaria Zoungrana, Capacity Building Officer, #EAWA, FHI 360 Jean Paul Tchupo, Deputy Chief of Party, #EAWA, FHI 360 Marie Noelle Bellot, Consultant, #EAWA Natasha Mack, Editor II, FHI 360 Chief nurse Abdoul Aziz Traoré sees the COVID-19 pandemic as a maze of unprecedented challenges for the work he enjoys most—making sure that people living with …
The following interview was conducted with Eugenie Kenda, a peer navigator with Yerelon+ in Burkina Faso. Yerelon+ is a local civil society organization and implementing partner under the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported #EAWA project. #EAWA is a five-year project with the goal of accelerating progress toward epidemic control in the West Africa region by improving access …
Continue reading “You have to love what you do”: Reflections from a peer navigator in Burkina Faso
Pamala Horugavye, Former Senior Development Outreach & Communication Specialist, USAID Mission, Nepal This blog post was originally published here on USAID Medium. Early in life, Pareena Chaudhary — a 40-year-old transgender woman from Nepalgunj, Nepal — struggled with her identity and her family’s lack of acceptance. From a young age, she loved putting on girls’ dresses …
Written by Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola; Ben Eveslage, FHI 360; Denizia Pinto, LINKAGES Angola; & Caitlin Loehr, IntraHealth International “Here they come again with another ‘big idea,’ another innovation, to see how we can improve.” - Dario, community peer educator, Luanda, Angola Dario was not hopeful about using online or mobile platforms for his HIV outreach …
Continue reading How an HIV program in Angola went online, against all odds
Click the image below to open the photo story, "The work is hardest at the beginning: How key population peer educators and peer navigators are driving progress toward epidemic control in Burkina Faso." Click the image below to open the photo story, "The work is hardest at the beginning," in French.
This interview was originally published as part of the 2019 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Report, ‘Communities at the Center" (page 40-41). Andrea Gunawan, known to 154,000 followers as @catwomanizer on Instagram, is a sexual health activist, social media influencer, and founder of Real Talk by Andrea, a multi-media forum and nonjudgmental support group community that …
Continue reading “Real Talk” with Indonesia’s sexual health activist and influencer, Andrea Gunawan
Written by Fadiala Sidibe, Executive Director ad Interim, Soutoura Dr. Sidibe Garangué Souko was a courageous woman who was devoted to the cause of stigmatized and marginalized women. She dedicated her entire life to serving her country. She was born on January 1st, 1954, in Fatafing, Kita, Mali. Affectionately called “the mother” by her children; …
