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Miles away from the nearest health facility, pregnant women in rural Zambia face deadly challenges
She was in labor and a 12 mile walk to the nearest health facility when complications began. On the International Day of Rural Women, we look at the barriers rural women face in accessing urgent maternal, newborn, and reproductive health services – and how CHAI is responding in Zambia.
New pediatric formulation for HIV treatment hits the ground in six African countries
The strawberry-flavored formulation of the WHO’s recommended first-line treatment for HIV is designed to overcome many of the barriers that stop young children taking their medication properly.
Actualizing global agreements: Increasing medical oxygen supply to hospitals in Zambia
CHAI and AFROX Zambia are helping the government of Zambia improve the availability of medical oxygen in the country, while also building a framework for local contractual agreements that could form the basis of longer-term purchasing deals by governments and global agencies that fund access to medical oxygen to avoid supply shortages.
5 Questions with Hervé Afanda Messi
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Community health worker sustains continuity of essential services despite COVID-19 restrictions and community fears
How one community health worker in Zambia ensured children continued to receive essential services despite COVID-19 restrictions and community fears.
5 Questions with Arnaud Le Menach
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Toward a generation free of hepatitis B: Why preventing infection in infants can’t wait
New approaches to ending vertical transmission of hepatitis B overlap with HIV reduction strategies.
For hep C patients who fail initial therapy, treatment is costly and often unavailable. New study shows alternative products could change that
CHAI supported an analysis, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, identifying readily available, generic HepC treatments that have been successfully used as second-line therapy for patients in Egypt, Georgia, and Myanmar.
Girls account for 6 out of 7 new HIV infections among teens in sub-Saharan Africa. New products on the horizon could change that
CHAI presents cost-effectiveness modeling framework at IAS 2021 to understand the role of multipurpose prevention technologies in HIV prevention and family planning.