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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Category: Key Population Programming
Financing the Future: Five Takeaways from the Sustainable Financing Forum for Key-Population-Led Organizations in Asia
Stephanie Marienau Turpin, Strategic Partnerships Advisor, FHI 360Amita Mehrotra, Senior Technical Advisor, FHI 360 Featured image: As part of a sustainable financing strategy, ACTSE launched a social enterprise addressing a health system gap through the CAREMAT app, a real-time HIV... Continue Reading
Monkeypox: An Update on the Current Epidemic and Implications for HIV Programs
The USAID- and PEPFAR-supported EpiC project hosted a webinar in a series on topics related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment for key populations—sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and people who inject drugs. The recent... Continue Reading
EpiC at AIDS 2022
The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is excited to participate in AIDS 2022 in Montreal, Canada, and virtually, where our staff and partners will share innovative practices and new research and programmatic evidence on HIV prevention, care, and... Continue Reading
Boosting PrEP access for key populations in rural Vietnam: The story of Tay Ninh Pride
Tran Van Tinh, Advisor, Online Strategies, EpiC Vietnam Rachel Coley, Technical Advisor & Project Manager, EpiC Vietnam Featured Image: A senior delegation from Tay Ninh Pride and the U.S. Government celebrates the launch of the Tay Ninh Pride Pharmacy and... Continue Reading
Addressing the family planning needs of female sex workers
The USAID- and PEPFAR-supported EpiC project hosted a webinar in a series on topics related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment for key populations—sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and people who inject drugs. Much progress... Continue Reading
Les strategies d'optimisation du 3eme 95
La Cellule Sectorielle de Lutte contre le VIH/SIDA, la Tuberculose et les Hépatites Virales (CLSSTBH), avec l'assistance technique du projet EpiC soutenu par l'USAID et le PEPFAR, a organisé le 13 avril un webinaire sur les différentes expériences de mise... Continue Reading
River friend: Shohin shares secrets with his friend, the river, so it can take them away forever
EpiC Central Asia Shohin - a business student from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan – loves and cherishes his mother and likes to spend time hanging out with friends and having fun on the weekends. He has many friends, but... Continue Reading
Sex, drugs, and HIV: Differentiating HIV services for men who have sex with men who participate in chemsex
Michael Cassell, FHI 360, EpiC/Vietnam Matt Avery, FHI 360, EpiC/Thailand The link between drug use and HIV risk is well documented across a wide range of substances, modes of administration, and contexts. While there are now proven, highly effective interventions... Continue Reading
To close HIV prevention and treatment gaps in Malawi, study supports mix of approaches for key populations
Kate Rucinski, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Louis Masankha Banda, FHI 360 This blog post was originally featured on Infectious Diseases Society of America's (IDSA) Science Speaks blog. To read the full blog post, click here. Given the... Continue Reading