by Scott Miller | Mar 4, 2023
Cervical cancer is both preventable and highly treatable if caught early. Yet globally, a woman dies from cervical cancer every two minutes, with the African continent accounting for the majority of these deaths. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, 19...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 2, 2023
Between 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic severely strained health systems across countries, leaving millions without access to essential healthcare services. Immunization programs experienced a ‘double burden’ of challenges: initial pandemic-related lockdowns...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 1, 2023
The Global Fund provides funding support in three-year cycles to eligible countries across the globe to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. The next funding cycle, New Funding Model (NFM) 4 is currently ongoing with funds expected to be awarded for use between...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 22, 2023
In 2021, an adolescent girl or young woman acquired HIV every two minutes. With 1.5 million new HIV infections globally in 2021 (one million more than the 2020 UNAIDS target), there is an urgent need for transformation in HIV prevention, including through...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 15, 2023
Background Zambia has a generalized HIV epidemic with a national prevalence of about 11 percent among adults 15-59 years.[1] HIV prevention in Zambia focuses on prevention of mother-to-child transmission, social and behavior change communication, and voluntary medical...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 9, 2023
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) welcomes the World Health Organization’s Executive Board announcement that it will recommend the Access to Medical Oxygen Resolution is adopted at this year’s World Health Assembly in May 2023. The announcement marks a major...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 9, 2023
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. Please tell us a bit about your background and what brought you to CHAI. I am an obstetrician-gynecologist and was a practicing clinician for almost 10 years prior to...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 2, 2023
Issue Every 11 seconds, a pregnant woman, or newborn dies somewhere in the world due to birth complications. In 2021 alone, more than five million children under-five, including 2.3 million newborns died—many due to preventable or treatable causes. While globally, the...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Jan 25, 2023
CHAI has published a paper in BMJ that assesses the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing across five countries in Africa, where HPV testing was delivered through public health facilities. Each year, women in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 90...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Jan 20, 2023
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. 1. Can you tell us about your role? I joined CHAI in 2012 as a team driver under the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program. My job involved...
