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The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is a global project, funded by the U.S. Department of State and PEPFAR, that provides strategic technical support and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control; strengthen global health security (GHS), including outbreak response; and improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), nutrition, and malaria outcomes.

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From virtual participant to mentor: An HIV prevention professional offers takeaways for every role

September 20, 2021
Choice Makufa, Senior Technical Advisor, Pact Eswatini I could not believe my eyes when I read the instructions from the facilitator of the HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshop: “Please read the entire training package and toolkit before the training begins.”... Continue Reading

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Looking to the future of HIV prevention training: An interview with Dominica Dhakwa, Project Director, DREAMS Zimbabwe

September 8, 2021
Interviewee: Dominica Dhakwa, Project Director, DREAMS Zimbabwe, FHI 360Interviewer: Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360 As a project director, do you see value in virtual trainings? Yes, there is value in virtual trainings. The current COVID-19 environment requires... Continue Reading

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EpiC Mali, Ministry of Health, and partners host virtual learning collaborative on HIV cascade implementation

September 3, 2021
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.  ... Continue Reading

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Making it make sense: Logistical considerations for facilitating an online-only HIV prevention training

August 30, 2021
Casey Bishopp, Technical Officer, Science Facilitation, FHI 360 When my colleagues and I realized more than 60 people representing Zimbabwe Health Interventions and FHI 360 Zimbabwe had signed up for the next iteration of our five-day HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’... Continue Reading

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Putting the end user first: Establishing ecosystems for successful, sustainable online learning

August 18, 2021
Lisa Moreau, Learning & Capacity Development Consultant, FHI 360 In preparing for the virtual HIV Prevention Ambassador Trainers’ Workshop, we understood that we would not only be shifting away from in-person learning due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but also shifting... Continue Reading

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How people living with HIV were found and brought back to care in Burkina Faso using a special campaign: A beneficiary tells her story

August 12, 2021
#EAWA Team Angela (pseudonym) is a pioneer of the first Back to Care campaign in Burkina Faso for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Angela’s life was at risk because she felt she had no choice but to interrupt her antiretroviral... Continue Reading

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LINKAGES Indonesia hosts webinar series on COVID-19 management for doctors

August 6, 2021
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... Continue Reading

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In their own words: Four of Nigeria’s health care heroes re-live a year of COVID-19 care

June 14, 2021
This photo story was originally published by USAID. Designed as a PEPFAR-funded HIV prevention, care, and treatment project, the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project was mobilized to respond to COVID-19 clinical care needs in 21 countries including... Continue Reading

COVID-19

COVID-19 case management in Bhutan: Establishing a cadre of master trainers

June 8, 2021
Tashi Dendup, Consultant, Save the Children BhutanKarma Doma Tshering, Project Manager, Save the Children BhutanSumita Taneja, Program Director, FHI 360 Bhutan is a small Himalayan country located in Southeast Asia. Health care services are delivered free of cost by the... Continue Reading

COVID-19

Sustaining access to HIV treatment in Indonesia through the Jak-Anter antiretroviral treatment home delivery system

April 8, 2021
In response to restrictions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, LINKAGES Indonesia collaborated with the Provincial Health Office in Jakarta to create Jak-Anter, a new home-based antiretroviral treatment (ARV) delivery system. Jak-Anter provides safe and secure delivery of ARVs from facility... Continue Reading
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Service provider

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

Program beneficiary

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

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.

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.

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.

Social support

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

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.

Self-efficacy

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

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.

Overall well-being

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

Insomnia

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

Disability

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

Depression

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

Clinical diagnoses

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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