EpiC is an eight-year global initiative that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control and strengthen global health security.
The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is excited to participate in the 22nd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, and virtually, where our staff and partners will share innovative practices, new research, and programmatic evidence on HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
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Côte d’Ivoire suffered from oxygen shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this gap, the MOH and EpiC recently launched an initiative to expand access to medical oxygen in seven hospitals across the country.
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The PEPFAR- and USAID-funded EpiC project used DHIS2 Tracker to improve HIV management data accuracy in four Liberian high-volume facilities, helping ensure that up to 2,000 additional people received HIV care.
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EpiC Sri Lanka rolled out an initiative to build resilience and manage burnout among health care professionals.
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EpiC’s investment in oxygen-producing PSA technology will ensure access to medical oxygen, especially in regions far from Sri Lanka’s centrally located oxygen manufacturing facilities.
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In cooperation with the Republican AIDS Center, the EpiC project in Tajikistan, led a high-level forum in May in Dushanbe to discuss options to combat stigma against PLHIV.
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The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted a webinar featuring local organizations that have become prime USAID funding recipients.
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In celebration of Pride month, USAID’s Gender and Inclusive Development Dialogue (GIDD) and FHI 360 organized a Pride event on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Factory Phnom Penh on the theme of “Campaign and Dialogue on Preventing and Responding to online violence towards LGBTQI+ individuals”.
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Every year on August 12 the world celebrates International Youth Day. Globally, youth play a critical role in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, especially adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). This year we recognize Nasra Hija, a peer educator from Chamazi ward, as an emerging youth leader in the fight for an HIV-free generation.
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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global mental health crisis, making the provision of mental health and psychosocial support a critical component of comprehensive HIV programming. In the first year of the pandemic alone, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25 percent. Given the proximity to the initial outbreak, Southeast Asia was one of the first regions affected by the pandemic.
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