This interview was originally published as part of the 2019 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Report, ‘Communities at the Center" (page 40-41). Andrea Gunawan, known to 154,000 followers as @catwomanizer on Instagram, is a sexual health activist, social media influencer, and founder of Real Talk by Andrea, a multi-media forum and nonjudgmental support group community that …
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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 workers. CFL was an implementing partner under the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project between 2016 …
Lady Ponce is a peer navigator for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people living with HIV. In the following interview, learn about the peer navigator programme introduced by the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project in Côte d'Ivoire. This interview was first featured on Differentiated Service Delivery's website. Can you tell us about the peer navigator …
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 …
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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, and treatment services. In Botswana, HIV prevalence is 18.5 percent; however, among female sex workers …
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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 structural barriers to prevention, care, and treatment— including stigma, discrimination, and violence. In my experience, …
Written by Celma Pedro, Technical Officer, Positive Living, Management Sciences for Health Delfina da Costa worked eight years as a peer educator for female sex workers (FSWs) in her community in Angola, educating those at high risk for exposure to HIV. She frequented hot spots around town to share informative messages in a safe environment …
Written by Cecilia Amaral, Global Health Corps Fellow, IntraHealth International, and Carol Bales, Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer, IntraHealth International This blog post was originally featured on IntraHealth International’s VITAL blog. In conflict areas around the world, health workers like Patrick in South Sudan continue to risk their lives to do their jobs. “There …
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