The EpiC project offers technical assistance to prevent, prepare for, respond to and bolster health systems to address COVID-19. Currently, EpiC is implementing COVID-19 activities in more than 20 countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America.
Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Research Utilization, FHI 360Benjamin Eveslage, Technical Advisor, Online HIV Services, FHI 360 Adapting to the “new normal” of COVID-19 has dramatically impacted our daily lives and routines. For HIV programs, this has required shifting many aspects of service delivery to online platforms—also called telehealth—so that services can be provided safely at a distance. […]
Aiyanna James, Technical Officer, EpiC/COVID-19, FHI 360Rose Wilcher, Knowledge Management Director, LINKAGES & EpiC, FHI 360 As of October 2020, South Africa has the highest recorded number of total cases of COVID-19 and reported deaths from COVID-19 in Africa, and the ninth highest number of cases in the world. On March 23,the South African Government issued a […]
Ria Ningsih, LINKAGES IndonesiaLucyan Umboh, LINKAGES IndonesiaStevie Daniels, Editor, FHI 360 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many key population members, people living with HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) patients have avoided health services. For some, the reason is lack of income due to losing their jobs. One example is Hilma Herdiana, a 22-year-old client of Yayasan […]
Caroline Francis, Project Director, LINKAGES Indonesia Photos: LINKAGES Indonesia With over 100,000 confirmed cases as of July, Indonesia has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in Jakarta, the vast majority of people living with HIV (PLHIV) have continued their HIV treatment regimens during the pandemic despite varying lockdown orders, quarantines, and physical distancing […]
Although the EpiC project was initially awarded to support countries to achieve and maintain HIV epidemic control, we have also joined the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to our ongoing content about our HIV work, we are pleased to share stories and learnings from our work fighting COVID-19. With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bayelsa, the […]
For years, the LINKAGES project has worked to reduce HIV transmission among key populations and their sexual partners and to extend the lives of those already living with HIV. Now, we have joined the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to our ongoing content about our HIV work, we are pleased to share stories and learnings from […]
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 […]
Benjamin Eveslage, Technical Advisor, Online HIV Services, FHI 360 This blog post was originally published here on PSI’s website. The global response to HIV is now threatened on many fronts: insufficient funding, myriad challenges posed by COVID-19, and slow adoption of new HIV service technologies and delivery methods. UNAIDS now reports inequitable progress and recent setbacks in […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, HIV programs around the world are both experiencing disruptions and demonstrating remarkable resilience. Safeguarding the gains of the global HIV response during the pandemic requires sustained focus on delivering rights-based, evidence-informed, and community-led solutions that maintain or increase access to HIV services while minimizing potential exposure to COVID-19 […]
Webinaire organisé par les projets LINKAGES et EpiC dans le cadre de la série Populations clés : preuves en action. Pour accéder à l’enregistrement audio du webinaire, veuillez cliquer ici. Le 29 avril, les projets LINKAGES et EpiC soutenus par l’USAID– et PEPFAR ont organisé un webinaire une série de webinaires intitulée Populations clés : preuves […]
