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July 19, 2021

Global Scale-up of HIV Self-Testing Reveals Important Lessons for Response to COVID-19 and Other Looming Epidemics

Johannesburg, 19 July 2021—HIV self-testing (HIVST) has rapidly become a standard approach to HIV diagnosis in many high burden settings in order to reach

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HIV & TB

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March 15, 2021

Human-centered design lends a new approach to increase uptake of HIV services among South African men who have sex with men

Johannesburg – Population Services International (PSI) and Matchboxology, with support from the MSD Foundation, have launched a new initiative to improve access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment services for

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South Africa

December 3, 2020

Lesotho: Dreams Programme Relaunched

THE United States Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, last night led the relaunch of the DREAMS Lesotho programme. DREAMS is an acronym for the

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HIV & TB

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Lesotho

September 8, 2020

ONG promove planeamento familiar porta a porta na capital de Moçambique

A organização não-governamental norte-americana Population Services International (PSI) em Moçambique criou um serviço de planeamento familiar porta a porta, na cidade de Maputo, para

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Sexual & Reproductive Health

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Mozambique

July 13, 2020

Football increases HIV testing in Malawi by 30%

A project that used football to attract young people to raise awareness about HIV / AIDS increased HIV testing by around 30%, according to an impact

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HIV & TB, HIVST

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Malawi

May 12, 2020

Greenstar celebrates Mother’s Day with a commitment to female-health

Greenstar Social Marketing (GSM) conducted a special session on Facebook, to commemorate the occasion of Mother’s Day 2020. This emotionally rich event inspired the

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Sexual & Reproductive Health

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Pakistan

May 12, 2020

Because Hamiltonians Make Change: Mary Phillips ’11

Her path to a job with a nonprofit in Ethiopia began with Hamilton and a prestigious Watson Fellowship, with several career stops en route. Mary

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Adolescents & Youth, Sexual & Reproductive Health

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Ethiopia

April 9, 2020

Maternité : espacer intelligemment les naissances

La maternité est une joie qui n’est pas offerte à toutes les femmes. Mais lorsqu’on se retrouve coincée entre deux accouchements rapprochés, cela peut

Practice Area:

Sexual & Reproductive Health

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Mali

April 2, 2020

How COVID-19 could complicate treatment for HIV patients

NAIROBI — As cases of COVID-19 rise globally, so are concerns about the toll this pandemic could have on populations living with HIV. This

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COVID-19, HIV & TB

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Kenya, South Africa

March 26, 2020

The spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion: a molecular epidemiology observational study

Evidence suggests that the PfKelch13 mutations that confer artemisinin resistance in falciparum malaria have multiple independent origins across the Greater Mekong subregion, which has

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Malaria

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March 26, 2020

Malaria is getting bigger and badder — and we’re not ready for it

Over the past 15 years, the number of annual deaths due to malaria has plummeted by about 400,000, according to the World Health Organization.

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Malaria

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March 26, 2020

Malaria risk factors and care-seeking behaviour within the private sector among high-risk populations in Vietnam: a qualitative study

Vietnam has successfully reduced malaria incidence by more than 90% over the past 10 years, and is now preparing for malaria elimination. However, the

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Malaria

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Vietnam

March 26, 2020

An assessment of national surveillance systems for malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific

Heads of Government from Asia and the Pacific have committed to a malaria-free region by 2030. In 2015, the total number of confirmed cases

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Malaria

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Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

March 26, 2020

Malaria and the mobile and migrant population in Cambodia: a population movement framework to inform strategies for malaria control and elimination

The relationships between human population movement (HPM) and health are a concern at the global level. In the case of malaria, those links are

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Malaria

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Cambodia

March 26, 2020

Malaria Wars

A disaster is looming in Cambodia and the rest of the Greater Mekong subregion: A deadly malaria parasite has become resistant to both drugs

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Malaria

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Cambodia

March 26, 2020

New film tells the story of the journey from research to practice for self-injectable contraception in Malawi

The film: Made in partnership with Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), FHI 360 and USAID, “The Power of Self-injectable Contraception“ communicates the findings of a study

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Malawi

March 26, 2020

Au Kenya, une plate-forme numérique pour aider les jeunes filles à prévenir leurs grossesses

Le centre de santé intégré Milele est une petite clinique privée familiale au cœur de Githurai-Roysambu, un quartier d’une banlieue défavorisée de Nairobi. Plus

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Kenya

March 26, 2020

Can self-care health interventions help countries reach UHC?

NAIROBI — On a recent afternoon, 19-year old Peter was approached by an NGO worker at the Kahawa West County Market on the outskirts

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Kenya

March 9, 2020

Seattle may soon have a Bill Gates-funded at-home coronavirus test

In the Seattle area, where dozens of people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and hundreds more may be infected and not know

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January 9, 2020

Strengthen WASH Business in Ethiopia: Access to Foreign Exchange

This article first appeared on IRCWASH.org, and was written by Eline Bakker and Peter Feldman. In a series of posts, we will present the main

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November 29, 2019

Kenya: Sexual and Reproductive Health Services That Connects At-Risk Persons to PrEP in Kenya

Nairobi — In June 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their list of medicines deemed essential, these are drugs that every person should

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Kenya

November 29, 2019

Kenya: How Self-Care Interventions are Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Kenya

Nairobi — In June 2019 the World Health Organisation published consolidated guidelines on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health. It defines self-care as the

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Kenya

November 26, 2019

Kenya : l’autodépistage, un nouvel outil dans la lutte contre le VIH

Dans le pays, 7 % de la population vit avec le virus. D’ici à 2020, quelque 5 millions d’autotests doivent être déployés en Afrique de l’Est.

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Kenya

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