by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 28, 2023
Biomedical engineers or technicians (BMEs/Ts) play a critical role in healthcare provision, particularly in ensuring hospitals can provide lifesaving medical oxygen supplies to the patients who need it most. They are responsible for repairing and maintaining a range...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 24, 2023
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is on the rise globally with an estimated 450,000 new cases in 2021.[1] However, only one in three DR-TB patients worldwide receive lifechanging treatment with a success rate between 50-60 percent. As a result, there is increased...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 21, 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. Growing up in the Niger Delta Region in Southern Nigeria, access to clean water, healthcare,...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 16, 2023
PAXLOVID™ rollout continues as international access to oral treatments improves Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2023) — The COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium announced today that the governments of Zambia, Laos, Malawi and Rwanda have received shipments of PAXLOVID™...
by Scott Miller | Mar 7, 2023
Over one million women in 14 low-and middle-income countries have been screened for cervical cancer through an integrated prevention program, delivered by country governments in collaboration with global health agency Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative...
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...
