CHAI is proud to join the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). iDSI is a global network of health, policy and economic experts supporting low- and middle-income countries to make healthcare investment decisions that reflect the best value-for-money. CHAI...
On November 13, 2018, CHAI held the 4th Elif Yavuz Science Symposium to honor our colleague Elif Yavuz, who was killed in the 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Elif’s love of science and global health continues to inspire not only those who worked...
Although there has been tremendous progress in HIV testing and treatment access in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide, linkage to treatment and retention in care for people living with HIV remains a challenge in many settings. Pediatric and adolescent patients tend to...
Sitting and talking with other people living with HIV at a health facility in Uganda, Zane* no longer felt alone. Unlike many of the others there who remained on efavirenz (EFV), he had recently switched to a new treatment regimen that includes dolutegravir (DTG) and...
It was a bright and sunny day with clear skies in the village of Gafia, in Katsina, Northern Nigeria, when we visited seventeen-year-old Shamsiyya Bello. She welcomed us warmly into her home, stealing loving glances at the sleeping newborn in her arms. She proudly...
CHAI and IKEA Foundation are working with the government to set a bold vision to rapidly reduce pneumonia deaths
Children sit in a circle in the relative coolness of the village Anganwadi center (a courtyard shelter set-up by the government to provide basic health care and nutrition services in Indian villages), eating their lunch of potato curry and roti. Later in the day,...
A clear understanding of the complex, ever-changing antiretroviral (ARV) and diagnostic markets in low- and middle-income countries is critical for all stakeholders in the HIV space. To address this need, CHAI publishes an annual HIV market report for public...
After five hours hunched in a crowded minibus, three hours trying to soothe a crying baby, and one hour waiting to see a healthcare worker, she had made it. This Malawian mother had finally made it to a health facility to test her baby for HIV. Despite the hours of...
Seventeen years: This is how long it typically takes for a scientifically tested intervention to be integrated into standard practice, according to experts. But can this gap between research and policy be closed? Health sector stakeholders in Rwanda are trying to do...
