Early Lessons from South Africa’s Rollout of Oral PrEP to Sex Workers

May 8, 2017

This blog has been reposted from Prepwatch.org; the original posting can be found here. Contributed by Neeraja Bhavaraju and Daniela Uribe from FSG, a member of the OPTIONS Consortium. In June 2016, South Africa’s National Department of Health began making... Continue Reading

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Key Population Heroes: Finding meaning and renewed purpose after my HIV diagnosis

April 26, 2017

Written by Christio Wijnhard, Project Coordinator for the LINKAGES Project at Foundation He+HIV, Suriname Even though Clarence suspected that he might HIV-positive, the 24-year-old was shocked when he first learned his status. “I cried and I cried. I wanted to commit suicide. I... Continue Reading

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Mutual learning, mutual success: the benefits of building the collective capacity of members of key populations

March 15, 2017

Written by Alice Olawo, Senior Program Officer, LINKAGES Kenya Harmful gender norms and inequalities increase violence and HIV risk while limiting the use of HIV services by members of key populations (men who have sex with men [MSM], transgender people, people... Continue Reading

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Key Population Hero: Addressing stigma and discrimination among LGBT people in Kenya

December 9, 2016

Written by Levis Nderitu, co-founder, Sullivan Reed Sullivan Reed is an organization in Nairobi, Kenya that specializes in the economic and social empowerment of LGBT people in Kenya, where homosexuality is criminalized and HIV prevalence is almost three times higher... Continue Reading

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The urgent need for violence response systems within HIV programming

December 1, 2016

Written by Tisha Wheeler, Senior Technical Advisor for Key Populations, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Never before have HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs for key populations been available in so many countries. Key population access to HIV services... Continue Reading

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Commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

May 27, 2016

Part 1 written by Rolande Lewis, Program Officer, LINKAGES Part 2 written by Irwin Iradukunda, Director of Programmes for Mouvement pour les Libertés Indivduelles (MOLI) and key population activist in Burundi Part 1 On Tuesday, May 17, The International Day... Continue Reading

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Why I Joined LINKAGES

January 15, 2016

Photo Credit: Associação IRIS Written by Ana Diaz, Angola LINKAGES Program Manager Since September 2015 when I joined LINKAGES in Angola, every waking moment has been consumed working through the nitty gritty details that starting up a new project entails. Although... Continue Reading

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Shattering the Silence: Preventing Gender-Based Violence against Sex Workers in Nepal

September 28, 2015

Pooja Pradhan, Team Leader, Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Mitigation Services, FHI 360 LINKAGES recently interviewed Pooja Pradhan, Team Leader of the Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Mitigation Services at FHI 360 on the Saath-Saath project (SSP), a USAID-funded project in Nepal... Continue Reading

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Working with Key Populations in Zambia: An Introduction to the Standard Operating Procedures of an HIV/STI Prevention Program for Sex Workers

July 15, 2015

Joseph Kamanga is the Chief of Party/Project Director for the Corridors of Hope III project in Zambia. The COH III project is implemented by FHI 360 with two local NGOs, in 10 major border and transport hubs of Zambia. HIV... Continue Reading

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Early Lessons from South Africa’s Rollout of Oral PrEP to Sex Workers

Key Population Heroes: Finding meaning and renewed purpose after my HIV diagnosis

Mutual learning, mutual success: the benefits of building the collective capacity of members of key populations

Key Population Hero: Addressing stigma and discrimination among LGBT people in Kenya

The urgent need for violence response systems within HIV programming

Commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Why I Joined LINKAGES

Shattering the Silence: Preventing Gender-Based Violence against Sex Workers in Nepal

Working with Key Populations in Zambia: An Introduction to the Standard Operating Procedures of an HIV/STI Prevention Program for Sex Workers

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