Since 2015, WHO has recommended oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for people at substantial risk of HIV. However, PrEP rollout in many settings in the Asia Pacific region and the rest of the world is limited and not at scale. This is the time to advocate for PrEP, especially at a moment when new PrEP products …

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EpiC Mali has launched a joint initiative with Mali’s Ministry of Health and local partners to share best practices, lessons learned from field experiences, challenges and solutions, and future strategy improvements and reinforcements related to HIV programming and cascade implementation.   This learning collaborative is intended for everyone, and to those involved in implementing or supporting …

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Vinich Virak, SBCC Technical Advisor, EpiC Cambodia In June, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) Cambodia team celebrated lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month by raising awareness of the need to address sexual and reproductive health as part of self-care and self-love. The team, funded by the …

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Caroline Francis, Project Director, LINKAGES Indonesia In June and July, LINKAGES Indonesia collaborated with the Indonesia Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ISICM) to launch a webinar series, entitled COVID-19 management for doctors. The first webinar was hosted on June 26th and focused on non-invasive ventilation and intubation for COVID-19 patients. More than 850 participants attended …

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The EpiC and LINKAGES projects are excited to be participating in IAS 2021, where our staff and partners will share innovative practices and programmatic evidence on a range of topics, including PrEP scale-up, decentralized ART distribution, differentiated testing modalities, and effective adaptations of HIV services during the COVID-19 pandemic, among others. Learn more by checking out …

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