Tag: Events and Conferences
Driving the LINKAGES Technical Agenda Forward
Written by Lirica Nishimoto, Program Officer, LINKAGES Three years of the intensive Program Acceleration effort have helped many LINKAGES countries successfully lay the foundation for, as well as scale up, quality key population programming. Countries now need support to optimize critical interventions, new technologies, and proven strategies to continue advancing to the next level of …
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Taking capacity building to a new level: Perspectives of two Malawian outreach workers who attended ICASA 2017
Written by Barbara Kapenuka and Eddah Nyirenda, Outreach Workers, Pakachere Institute for Health & Development Communication In August 2017, the LINKAGES Malawi project team sat in the conference room at Pakachere, a local implementing partner in Malawi. Key to the discussion that day was learning how to develop abstracts. This was new for most …
You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part III)
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 and Part 2 of this three-part blog series here. Motivated by the success we had in Chiang Mai, …
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You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part II)
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 blog series here. We have all heard how instrumental social networks can be in connecting …
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You are who you know: Social networks, super-mobilizers, and sex (Part I)
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. The USAID- and PEPFAR-funded LINKAGES project partners with communities, governments, and the private sector in 30 countries around the world. Our …
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LINKAGES puts key population HIV programming on the map at IAS 2017
Written by Tiffany Lillie, LINKAGES Senior Technical Advisor; Hally Mahler, LINKAGES Director; and Chris Akolo, Director of Global Health, Population, & Nutrition, FHI 360 LINKAGES had a significant presence at the 9th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017), held July 23-26 in Paris. The project hosted two satellite sessions on key …
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Social media influencers may be the key to reaching men who have sex with men with HIV interventions
Written by Matt Avery, Associate Director, Global Health, Population, & Nutrition, FHI 360 Men who have sex with men (MSM) have a greater risk of HIV infection when compared to the general population and, in many regions, MSM account for the largest proportion of new HIV infections. Global programs designed to reach these individuals continue …
Three ways to turn science into practice to reduce HIV among key populations
Written by Rose Wilcher, Director, Research Utilization, FHI 360, and Hally Mahler, Project Director, LINKAGES This blog post was originally featured on FHI 360’s Degrees. Next week, leading scientists and cutting-edge thinkers will gather at the International AIDS Society’s 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Paris to discuss the latest scientific discoveries in HIV prevention, …
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Commission on the Status of Women & Transgender Women
Written by Beyonce Karungi, Executive Director, Transgender Equality Uganda The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the largest international gathering of governments and civil society dedicated to developing an agenda that promotes progress for women and girls. Each year, the UN brings together women and girls from all over the world to discuss issues that affect women from all …
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