A health care worker trained by the EpiC project administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a female sex worker. Photo by Agness John.

Leveraging community-based HIV services to reach female sex workers with the COVID-19 vaccine in Ruvuma, Tanzania

January 5, 2023

Agness John, Senior Technical Officer, Communications and Knowledge Management Despite improvements in COVID-19 vaccine availability in Tanzania, reaching key and vulnerable populations (KPs), including female sex workers (FSWs), remains a challenge. Female sex workers are often highly mobile and have... Continue Reading

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Monkeypox: An Update on the Current Epidemic and Implications for HIV Programs

September 12, 2022

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

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Addressing the family planning needs of female sex workers

May 11, 2022

Blog

The voice of a young mother: From poverty to empowerment

June 24, 2021

Agness John, Senior Technical Officer, Communications & Knowledge Management, HIV Programs, FHI 360 At age 14, Shakira experienced a great tragedy. Her mother left their home in Tanzania while her father was in prison, leaving her, the eldest child, with... Continue Reading

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Collaboration is key: Kenya addresses issues of service access, discrimination, and violence among key populations

February 26, 2020

Maurice Wangu, Program Assistant, EpiC Kenya Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, EpiC Njambi Njuguna, Senior Technical Advisor, EpiC Kenya [caption id="attachment_1872" align="alignleft" width="4256"] Nancy Coste/FHI 360[/caption] On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS calls on countries to examine discriminatory provisions in their laws,... Continue Reading

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Police become allies in protecting key populations

January 21, 2020

Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola This blog post was originally published here on Management Sciences for Health's website. In 2017, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a principal recipient of Global Fund (GF) funding for HIV at the request of... Continue Reading

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Everyone deserves to live free of violence: How HIV and GBV service integration can improve lives and effectively address twin epidemics

January 13, 2020

Robyn Dayton, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 This blog post was original published here on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence. Click here to read this post in Spanish. In the Dominican Republic, one of the questions most... Continue Reading

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Linking HIV-positive key population members to treatment: Burundi’s five secrets to success

August 5, 2019

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360; Tiffany Lillie, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES; Dorica Boyee, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES; & Dismas Gashobotse, Project Manager, LINKAGES Burundi [caption id="attachment_1754" align="alignleft" width="1023"] Photo: Christine Vaufrey[/caption] The USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project first... Continue Reading

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Work NAKED: Advice and lessons learned from the CEO of LINKAGES implementing partner in Suriname, Chances for Life

June 28, 2019

The following interview was conducted on May 20th, 2019, with Tania Kambel, Chief Executive Officer of New Beginnings | Chances for Life (CFL). CFL is a local civil society organization in Suriname that serves vulnerable and marginalized communities, including sex... Continue Reading

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New evidence from gender-based violence research among key populations can inform HIV programming

March 21, 2019

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360; Emily Evens, Scientist, FHI 360; & Michele Lanham, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This blog post was first featured on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence website. [caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="639"] GBV study... Continue Reading

EpiC Blog

Category: Sex Workers

Leveraging community-based HIV services to reach female sex workers with the COVID-19 vaccine in Ruvuma, Tanzania

Monkeypox: An Update on the Current Epidemic and Implications for HIV Programs

Addressing the family planning needs of female sex workers

The voice of a young mother: From poverty to empowerment

Collaboration is key: Kenya addresses issues of service access, discrimination, and violence among key populations

Police become allies in protecting key populations

Everyone deserves to live free of violence: How HIV and GBV service integration can improve lives and effectively address twin epidemics

Linking HIV-positive key population members to treatment: Burundi’s five secrets to success

Work NAKED: Advice and lessons learned from the CEO of LINKAGES implementing partner in Suriname, Chances for Life

New evidence from gender-based violence research among key populations can inform HIV programming

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