Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world, killing more people every year than HIV.(i) Hepatitis C is a viral disease transmitted through infected bodily fluids and attacks the liver, slowly scarring the organ until the person acquires...
CHAI’s Research and Development (R&D) Team works from a unique angle to support CHAI’s ambitions to improve patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. In particular, the team works to: 1. Identify, develop, validate, and transfer for manufacture and...
In late July Vancouver hosted the 8th annual International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention. Over 20 CHAI staff members from around the world presented a wide variety of work at the meeting. The conference was characterized...
Of Liberia’s approximately one million women of reproductive age, an estimated 31 percent want to delay or space their pregnancies but are not using contraception, often because they lack access. Over a quarter of girls aged 15-19 have already given birth, a risky...
In Mathare Valley, one of Nairobi’s oldest and more impoverished slums, residents are crowded, and many lack access to basic services such as clean running water, electricity, and sanitation.
