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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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. [caption id="attachment_1286" align="alignnone" width="747"] Photos courtesy... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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. [caption id="attachment_1121" align="alignnone" width="1431"] LINKAGES Director... Continue Reading
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 [caption id="attachment_1012" align="alignright" width="406"] Hally Mahler leads one of two satellite sessions hosted by LINKAGES at... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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. [caption id="attachment_856" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo: Jessica Scranton, FHI 360[/caption] Next week, leading scientists and cutting-edge thinkers... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading