EpiC is a five-year global initiative that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control and promote self-reliant management of national HIV programs by improving HIV case finding, prevention, treatment programming, and viral load suppression.
To access the recording of the webinar, please click here. On November 4th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported EpiC project collaborated with Global Black Gay Men Connect (GBGMC) to host the next 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, …
Andrea Surette, Technical Advisor, FHI 360Rebecca Dirks, Project Manager, FHI 360 Cover Photo: Empty “H” steel oxygen cylinders sit ready for transport to the warehouse in Port-au-Prince to be refilled (Credit: JIT Logistics Transport Company). Empty cylinders are marked with a colorful tag to identify the facility where they should be returned. Today, oxygen is …
Sicelo Mtsetfwa, Program Officer, Rock of HopeMangaliso Mndzabele, Virtual Outreach Worker, Rock of HopePhilisiwe Dlamini, Senior Program Officer, EpiC, FHI 360Sarah Muthler, Technical Writer, Research Utilization, FHI 360 For key population individuals who may feel pressured to hide their identity, the growth of internet and social media use in Eswatini has provided more confidential ways …
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Jean Raoul Nsanganira, Digital Communication Assistant, FHI 360 The digital era has brought innovative ways for people to stay connected and reach out to one another. While social media use is low in Mali compared to other countries (10 percent nationally), the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project in Mali …
Michael Cassell, Senior Technical Advisor, EpiCIgnatius Mogaba, Papua New Guinea Country Representative, FHI 360Simon Nianfop, Social & Behavior Communication Officer, FHI 360Lisa Stevens, Senior Technical Advisor, FHI 360 Cover Photo: A peer outreach worker receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a sensitization training (Photo Credit: Simon Nianfop, FHI 360/PNG). Public confidence is …
Lilian Tutegyereize, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360 To date, the CHOICE Collaboration has conducted three virtual HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshops with more than 75 trainers from four countries, and a fourth workshop is planned later this fall. From the outset, we knew how important monitoring and …
Continue reading Keeping our ears and minds open: Monitoring and evaluation for a virtual training
Tashi Dendup, EpiC Consultant, Save the Children, BhutanKarma Doma Tshering, Project Manager, Save the Children, BhutanSumita Taneja, Director, Country Programs, FHI 360, India Dr. Ujal Pradhan is a young and enthusiastic anesthesiologist who works in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu, Bhutan. When the …
Continue reading Young doctor from Bhutan leads the country’s COVID-19 response
Michael Cassell, Senior Technical Advisor, EpiCBettina Kaye Castañeda, Senior Strategic Information Advisor, EpiC PhilippinesJoven Santiago, Social & Behavior Change Communications Technical Advisor, EpiC Philippines With an estimated 16,000 new HIV infections per year—sustained primarily by gaps in HIV service access for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women—the Philippines is one of …
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 …
Continue reading “New PrEP products for Asia Pacific: What do we need to know?” regional webinar
