Family picture: Elena's story about living with HIV

February 1, 2022

EpiC Central Asia When Elena got to Ust-Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan, she had an HIV test at the AIDS center, where doctors advised her to contact Answer, a community-based organization supported by the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC)... Continue Reading

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Second life: Lifesaving by peer navigators from Bishkek

July 29, 2021

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.... Continue Reading

COVID-19

Delivering care in small packages: EpiC Cambodia's efforts to assist people living with HIV and key populations during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

May 18, 2021

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... Continue Reading

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Reckoning and resilience: How key populations met the challenges of COVID-19

February 2, 2021

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.... Continue Reading

COVID-19

Ensuring treatment access among people living with HIV in Burkina Faso during the COVID-19 pandemic: A frontline provider’s perspective

August 4, 2020

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 [caption id="attachment_1964" align="alignleft" width="689"] Aziz distributes antiretroviral therapy refills (Photo: #EAWA).[/caption]... Continue Reading

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“You have to love what you do”: Reflections from a peer navigator in Burkina Faso

June 1, 2020

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... Continue Reading

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Promoting an inclusive Nepal

March 15, 2020

Pamala Horugavye, Former Senior Development Outreach & Communication Specialist, USAID Mission, Nepal This blog post was originally published here on USAID Medium. [caption id="attachment_1879" align="alignleft" width="3000"] If participants in her home-based classes are reluctant to test for HIV at home, Pareena... Continue Reading

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How an HIV program in Angola went online, against all odds

November 12, 2019

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,... Continue Reading

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"The work is hardest at the beginning"

October 28, 2019

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... Continue Reading

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“Real Talk” with Indonesia’s sexual health activist and influencer, Andrea Gunawan

October 7, 2019

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... Continue Reading

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Category: Key Population Heroes

Family picture: Elena's story about living with HIV

Second life: Lifesaving by peer navigators from Bishkek

Delivering care in small packages: EpiC Cambodia's efforts to assist people living with HIV and key populations during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

Reckoning and resilience: How key populations met the challenges of COVID-19

Ensuring treatment access among people living with HIV in Burkina Faso during the COVID-19 pandemic: A frontline provider’s perspective

“You have to love what you do”: Reflections from a peer navigator in Burkina Faso

Promoting an inclusive Nepal

How an HIV program in Angola went online, against all odds

"The work is hardest at the beginning"

“Real Talk” with Indonesia’s sexual health activist and influencer, Andrea Gunawan

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