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EpiC is a global project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control among key and priority populations and strengthen global health security.

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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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Police become allies in protecting key populations

January 21, 2020
Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola This blog post was originally published here on Management Sciences for Health's website. In 2017, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a principal recipient of Global Fund (GF) funding for HIV at the request of... Continue Reading

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Everyone deserves to live free of violence: How HIV and GBV service integration can improve lives and effectively address twin epidemics

January 13, 2020
Robyn Dayton, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 This blog post was original published here on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence. Click here to read this post in Spanish. In the Dominican Republic, one of the questions most... Continue Reading

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Three ways to leverage social media outreach in HIV programs

January 6, 2020
Wayan Vota, Digital Health Director, IntraHealth International This blog post was original published here on ICTworks.org. HIV programs have progressed and innovated over the years by continually using new online and virtual platforms and implementing them with increasing levels of... Continue Reading

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The LINKAGES legacy: What the project has meant for people, policies, and programming in nine countries

December 15, 2019
Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 Rose Wilcher, Director, Knowledge Management, LINKAGES [caption id="attachment_1840" align="alignleft" width="8256"] LINKAGES Angola's close-out ceremony[/caption] As we near the end of 2019, it is only natural to look back on the year in review. Or,... Continue Reading

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Data that make a difference: Strengthening data systems for key population-focused programs from the ground up

December 6, 2019
Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES project as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in action series. To access the audio recording of the webinar, please click here. On December 5th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the eleventh webinar... Continue Reading

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Walking the walk: LINKAGES and EpiC’s active response to gender-based violence

November 25, 2019
Aubrey Weber, Research Utilization, FHI 360 Robyn Dayton, HIV Division, FHI 360 Josefina Rojas, CEPROSH, Dominican Republic Sopha Nith, LINKAGES Cambodia Dr. Sou Sanith, Battambang Provincial Health Department, Cambodia Maurice Wangu, EpiC/FHI 360 Kenya [caption id="attachment_1820" align="alignleft" width="1195"] FHI 360[/caption]... 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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Key Population Investment Fund supports West African regional trainings to accelerate achievement of the “first 95”

November 4, 2019
Written by Tiffany Lillie, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES What is KPIF? PEPFAR, via USAID, is providing the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project Key Population Investment Funds (KPIF) to support a KP-led approach to accelerating progress toward the... 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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Assessment

A questionnaire or “screener” meant to be used with individual patients in a clinical setting to screen for, help diagnose, or monitor progress for individual mental health conditions.

Intervention

Larger packages or broader-reaching resources that describe actions or activities to be implemented. These may be appropriate for individuals, groups, and/or programs.

Anxiety

Feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that may occur as a reaction to stress. Anxiety can be a symptom or a feeling; it can also be a clinical diagnosis of a mental health condition.

Burnout

A state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress, typically related to one’s work, that is not managed well. Burnout is considered an occupational phenomenon.

Clinical diagnoses

Mental or neuropsychiatric disorders, or disruptive, unusual, or maladaptive behaviors that have been evaluated and diagnosed by a trained medical professional.

Depression

A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.

Disability

A physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

Insomnia

A sleep disorder, or disordered sleep pattern, characterized by trouble falling and/or staying asleep.

Overall well-being

The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy; judging one’s own life positively; generally, “feeling good.”

Post-traumatic stress (PTS)

A normal adaptive response to traumatic or stressful life events that can result in a wide range of distressing symptoms. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) differs from PTS and is a clinical diagnosis.

Self-efficacy

An individual’s belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals.

Self-harm/suicidality

Deliberate injury to oneself as an emotional coping mechanism, ranging from cutting oneself to suicide. Expressions of self-harm and/or suicidality are usually considered an emergency and should be assessed and managed by a trained professional.

Social support

The perception that one is cared for, has assistance available if needed, and that one is part of a supportive social network.

Stress

Any type of change to one’s internal or external environment that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. “Managing stress” is an effort to return from this state of strain or disturbance to homeostasis or well-being.

Substance abuse

Use of a substance (usually drugs or alcohol) in amounts or by methods that are harmful to oneself or others. Substance use disorder (SUD) and addiction are distinct clinical diagnoses.

Trauma

Lasting biopsychosocial and/or emotional response that often results from experiencing a terrible event such as an accident, crime, military combat, or natural disaster, or a series of chronic traumatic events like persistent abuse or neglect.

Program beneficiary

Individual who receives program services; an entire group or population may be the recipient of services.

Service provider

Individual who directly provides services to another individual, group, or population (the “program beneficiary”) through a program.

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