Malaria Day in the Americas is celebrated each year on November 6th with the goal of promoting awareness, building engagement, and triggering action as the region works towards malaria elimination. It´s also an opportunity to highlight progress made by national...
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4 Highlights from 2019: A year of partnerships
CHAI is proud of the progress that we have made over the past year to address health issues in low- and middle-income countries. We have not made that progress alone. We work closely with governments, other organizations and community groups, as well as the...
Following their lead: Partnering with communities to increase access to HIV treatment
Our Senior Director for HIV reflects on World AIDS Day: “Although we have had many successes over the past decade in our work in HIV, it is our failures that keep me up at night and push me to do more.”
‘We have come so far’: Getting oxygen into local hospitals in Uganda
In the pediatric ward at the first hospital there were three children receiving oxygen therapy, including a small boy hooked up to an oxygen cylinder.
How quick action and training are saving the lives of mothers and babies in Zambia
A partnership between the Swedish Embassy, the Zambian government, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is strengthening access to quality care for mothers and babies.
How a simple diarrhea treatment can save thousands of children’s lives
In a small village in rural east-central Uganda, baby Josephin is happily babbling to her mother Kevina and crawling around the yard. She has recovered from a bout of bad diarrhea that she was suffering from just one day ago…
Partnerships will help Rwanda eliminate hepatitis C in five years
Since launching its viral hepatitis program, Rwanda has taken an aggressive approach to combating the disease. By the end of 2018, around 700,000 people were screened for HCV and 10,000 treated and cured.
Improving malaria diagnosis and treatment in the private sector
Today is World Malaria Day, an international observance commemorated every year to recognize global progress in the fight against malaria. Although great successes have been achieved since the early 2000s, malaria still contributes to over 400,000 deaths annually....
How peer-led learning is improving vaccine delivery in Nigeria
Every day at primary health centers across Nigeria, the Officer In-Charge (OIC) manages the routine immunization (RI) program, which ensures that hundreds of children under the age of one safely receive their required vaccinations at the right time. The OIC’s role is...
Improving diagnosis through integrated testing
"Integration and optimization are at the cutting edge of where diagnostic innovation is going to be in the next few years. The question is, how do we get there?”— Trevor Peter, Senior Scientific Director of Diagnostics Services for the Clinton Health Access...