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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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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AFFECTS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND OTHER KEY POPULATIONS

November 22, 2017
Written by Hally Mahler, Project Director, LINKAGES, and Rose Wilcher, Director, Research Utilization, FHI 360 This blog post was first featured on the LINKAGES blog in November 2016. In 2015, a friend and colleague, Beyonce Karungi, wrote about what it is like to be a... Continue Reading

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Transgender day of remembrance: thoughts from a trans peer educator in Dominican Republic

November 20, 2017
Interviewee: Macarena Pérez, Transgender Peer Educator, Centro de Promoción y Solidaridad Humana (CEPROSH), Dominican Republic Interviewer: Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20th that honors the memory of lives lost in... Continue Reading

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Combating stigma and discrimination against female sex workers in Tlokweng, Botswana

November 13, 2017
Written by Neo Monnapula, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Nkaikela Youth Group, Botswana Nkaikela Youth Group is a nongovernmental organization that serves female sex workers 18 years and older. The organization is currently supported by LINKAGES to provide HIV prevention, care,... Continue Reading

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VOICES FROM MALI: a LINKAGES Photo Story

November 1, 2017
Click the image below to open the photo story of health care workers and peer educators in Mali. Continue Reading

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Walking the talk: How structural barriers thwart efforts for those at risk for HIV and what we can do about it

October 24, 2017
Written by Ben Eveslage, Technical Officer, Global Health, Population, and Nutrition, FHI 360 In 2015, I joined the LINKAGES team because I believed that the work of eradicating AIDS on a global scale would be incomplete without a focus on... Continue Reading

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You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part III)

October 16, 2017
Written by LINKAGES’ Hally Mahler, Eric Stephan, Matthew Avery, and Virupax Ranebennur A version of this blog post was originally presented at FHI 360’s Global Leadership Meeting 2017 and USAID’s Global Health Mini-University 2017. [caption id="attachment_1286" align="alignnone" width="747"] Photos courtesy... Continue Reading

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Social networks, vulnerability, and sex: Improving HIV case finding among key populations

October 9, 2017
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 October 5th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the first webinar... Continue Reading

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You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part II)

October 2, 2017
Written by LINKAGES’ Hally Mahler, Eric Stephan, Matthew Avery, and Virupax Ranebennur A version of this blog post was originally presented at FHI 360’s Global Leadership Meeting 2017 and USAID’s Global Health Mini-University 2017. Read Part I of this three-part... Continue Reading

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Call for papers: Optimizing the impact of key population programming across the HIV cascade

September 28, 2017
Written by Rose Wilcher, Director, Research Utilization, FHI 360 This blog post was originally featured on FHI 360’s R&E Search for Evidence. Key populations – including men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people, and people who inject drugs... Continue Reading

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You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part I)

September 25, 2017
Written by LINKAGES’ Hally Mahler, Eric Stephan, Matthew Avery, and Virupax Ranebennur A version of this blog post was originally presented at FHI 360’s Global Leadership Meeting 2017 and USAID’s Global Health Mini-University 2017. [caption id="attachment_1121" align="alignnone" width="1431"] LINKAGES Director... 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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