“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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Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on key-population-focused HIV programs

April 10, 2020

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. On April 8th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES and EpiC projects... 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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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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Local partner profile: House of our Pride, Eswatini’s first LGBTQ organization

February 10, 2020

This blog post was originally published here on Pact's website. Founded in 2010, House of our Pride was the first LGBTQ organization in Eswatini. For the past decade, HOOP has striven to provide a vibrant, supportive community for one of... 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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“On the frontline” with online outreach worker, Alex

October 21, 2019

This interview was originally published as part of the 2019 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Report, ‘Communities at the Center" (page 42-43). Alex is an online outreach worker with Children First Agency where he focuses on outreach and virtual support to... 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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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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Category: Voices From The Field

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

Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on key-population-focused HIV programs

Promoting an inclusive Nepal

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

Local partner profile: House of our Pride, Eswatini’s first LGBTQ organization

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

"The work is hardest at the beginning"

“On the frontline” with online outreach worker, Alex

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

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

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