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New plan will help improve cancer treatment and save lives in Nigeria

Apr 18, 2018

Each year, 72,000 people die of cancer in Nigeria, with another 102,000 cases diagnosed. Lack of access to diagnosis and treatment, sparse public awareness, and an inadequate number of qualified health professionals and equipped treatment centers result in a high number of deaths that are largely preventable. Two often treatable forms of cancer, breast and cervical, account for a significant number of all cases in Nigeria, but the rate of death from breast cancer is triple that of the United States.

India to ‘go where the patients go’ in push to eliminate tuberculosis

Mar 23, 2018

This World TB Day, CHAI recognizes that fighting tuberculosis in India is key to eliminating the disease worldwide. Tuberculosis is one of the biggest killers in India, with two people dying every three minutes due to TB. It is estimated that 40 percent of the Indian population has tuberculosis. In fact, in 2016, India accounted for 27 percent of new TB cases and one-third of TB deaths in HIV negative patients, globally.

Women who inspire us: International Women’s Day 2018

Mar 8, 2018

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, CHAI has dug into our blog archives and selected two incredible women whose stories we have previously featured. We are impressed by these women and what they have accomplished, and think you will be too. Monica Otieno:...

Surgo Foundation and CHAI team up for strategic partnership

Feb 20, 2018

What if we could make major strides against global epidemics such as HIV and TB by combining expertise in healthcare delivery models in low-resource settings with a deep understanding of what drives behavior? What if we could dramatically reduce the number of children...

Tackling ‘intractable’ health issues in India

Jan 18, 2018

Six years ago, I faced a major crossroads in my life. After serving almost two decades in uniform, the last five of which I oversaw strategic operations for the Indian Navy, I was presented with the option of either taking on a lucrative career with one of the major...

Diarrhea doesn’t have to be deadly: How ORS and zinc have transformed treatment in Kenya

Jan 3, 2018

In 2011, diarrhea was the leading killer of children under the age of five in Kenya. So the IKEA Foundation, the Kenyan government and CHAI went to work to make treatment more affordable and to train healthcare workers and educate caregivers in order to save the lives...

From volunteer to COO: Working on Tanzania’s first ever HIV/AIDS treatment plan

Dec 22, 2017

I joined CHAI as a volunteer in February 2003. I had just graduated with a Master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and returned home to Kenya. While on the job hunt, a friend of mine volunteering with CHAI from McKinsey and Company asked if I...

How a landmark drug deal will reduce side effects and help people living with HIV stay on treatment

Dec 22, 2017

This World AIDS Day, we celebrate the tremendous progress that has been made in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with more than 20 million people living with HIV accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) as of today. The incredible scale up of ART in...

Vietnamese ‘stories and hard work moved me to find a way to help’

Dec 1, 2017

I grew up privileged. Access to clean water, food, health care, and education was never an issue during my childhood in California. While we were never wealthy from an American perspective, we always had enough to meet our basic needs. This privilege is something most...

How ‘miracle’ of AIDS patients’ survival gives hope for future

Dec 1, 2017

It was the spring of 1998, while working as a clinician in Lesotho, that I first realized the terrible impact that HIV would have on my country. Patients were growing sicker by the day, and at times I thought I might not even have any more patients to care for within...

Resource type: Blog Posts

New plan will help improve cancer treatment and save lives in Nigeria

India to ‘go where the patients go’ in push to eliminate tuberculosis

Women who inspire us: International Women’s Day 2018

Surgo Foundation and CHAI team up for strategic partnership

Tackling ‘intractable’ health issues in India

Diarrhea doesn’t have to be deadly: How ORS and zinc have transformed treatment in Kenya

From volunteer to COO: Working on Tanzania’s first ever HIV/AIDS treatment plan

How a landmark drug deal will reduce side effects and help people living with HIV stay on treatment

Vietnamese ‘stories and hard work moved me to find a way to help’

How ‘miracle’ of AIDS patients’ survival gives hope for future

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