A health care worker trained by the EpiC project administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a female sex worker. Photo by Agness John.

Leveraging community-based HIV services to reach female sex workers with the COVID-19 vaccine in Ruvuma, Tanzania

January 5, 2023

Agness John, Senior Technical Officer, Communications and Knowledge Management Despite improvements in COVID-19 vaccine availability in Tanzania, reaching key and vulnerable populations (KPs), including female sex workers (FSWs), remains a challenge. Female sex workers are often highly mobile and have... Continue Reading

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Collaboration is key: Kenya addresses issues of service access, discrimination, and violence among key populations

February 26, 2020

Maurice Wangu, Program Assistant, EpiC Kenya Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, EpiC Njambi Njuguna, Senior Technical Advisor, EpiC Kenya [caption id="attachment_1872" align="alignleft" width="4256"] Nancy Coste/FHI 360[/caption] On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS calls on countries to examine discriminatory provisions in their laws,... 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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Linking HIV-positive key population members to treatment: Burundi’s five secrets to success

August 5, 2019

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360; Tiffany Lillie, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES; Dorica Boyee, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES; & Dismas Gashobotse, Project Manager, LINKAGES Burundi [caption id="attachment_1754" align="alignleft" width="1023"] Photo: Christine Vaufrey[/caption] The USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project first... Continue Reading

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Work NAKED: Advice and lessons learned from the CEO of LINKAGES implementing partner in Suriname, Chances for Life

June 28, 2019

The following interview was conducted on May 20th, 2019, with Tania Kambel, Chief Executive Officer of New Beginnings | Chances for Life (CFL). CFL is a local civil society organization in Suriname that serves vulnerable and marginalized communities, including sex... Continue Reading

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New evidence from gender-based violence research among key populations can inform HIV programming

March 21, 2019

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360; Emily Evens, Scientist, FHI 360; & Michele Lanham, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This blog post was first featured on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence website. [caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="639"] GBV study... Continue Reading

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LINKAGES Burundi scales up HIV self-testing with OraQuick

February 26, 2019

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This post is the third in a series on LINKAGES’ country-specific, programmatic success under TOM+ funding and support. The first post in the series focused on the enhanced peer outreach approach (EPOA)... Continue Reading

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LINKAGES Haiti finds success with TOM+ support for the enhanced peer outreach approach

December 17, 2018

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This post is the first in a series on LINKAGES’ country-specific, programmatic success under TOM+ funding and support. [caption id="attachment_1672" align="alignnone" width="6000"] A Clinique J.C. Menard nurse initiates an HIV-positive peer on... Continue Reading

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“Soy capaz de crear una mejor conexión”: Un educador inter pares de la República Dominicana reflexiona sobre cómo abordar el tema de la violencia ha cambiado su capacidad para generar un impacto

September 17, 2018

Entrevistada: Altagracia de la Rosa, Educador de Pares, CEPROSH, República Dominicana Entrevistadora: Betty Alvarez, Consultora, FHI 360 Altagracia de la Rosa es una promotora, o educadora par, que trabaja con trabajadoras sexuales en representación de CEPROSH en Puerto Plata, República Dominicana. CEPROSH... Continue Reading

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Leveraging community-based HIV services to reach female sex workers with the COVID-19 vaccine in Ruvuma, Tanzania

Collaboration is key: Kenya addresses issues of service access, discrimination, and violence among key populations

Police become allies in protecting key populations

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

Linking HIV-positive key population members to treatment: Burundi’s five secrets to success

Work NAKED: Advice and lessons learned from the CEO of LINKAGES implementing partner in Suriname, Chances for Life

New evidence from gender-based violence research among key populations can inform HIV programming

LINKAGES Burundi scales up HIV self-testing with OraQuick

LINKAGES Haiti finds success with TOM+ support for the enhanced peer outreach approach

“Soy capaz de crear una mejor conexión”: Un educador inter pares de la República Dominicana reflexiona sobre cómo abordar el tema de la violencia ha cambiado su capacidad para generar un impacto

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