by Scott Miller | Apr 14, 2022
For immediate release, April 14, 2022 — The Board of The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Neil Buddy Shah as Chief Executive Officer of CHAI, succeeding interim co-CEOs Joy Phumaphi and Ann Veneman, who will remain...
by Scott Miller | Apr 13, 2022
BACKGROUND Niger is one of the poorest performing states in routine immunization (RI) in Nigeria. Only 39 percent of eligible children in Niger have received the Pentavalent 3 vaccine, translating to over 150,000 unimmunized children in 2020[1]. The high-cost of...
by Scott Miller | Apr 11, 2022
BACKGROUND Limited health worker capacity and ineffective learning environments hinder optimal service delivery across primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Kano State, Nigeria. Conventional training approaches that are often classroom-based, didactic, costly, and...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Apr 4, 2022
The Zambian government is committed to improving the availability of quality but affordable health care for the Zambian people. However, severe shortages of human capital in the health system have persisted for over twenty years—denying millions of people access to...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 28, 2022
Effective interventions to identify and reach underserved villages with immunization services BACKGROUND Beginning in November 2020, CHAI Uganda’s vaccines team set out to help the government address challenges with routine immunization service delivery and improve...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 25, 2022
Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, people around the globe turn off their lights for one hour to raise awareness of the issues challenging our environment. It’s a way to show how small changes can catalyze transformation on a global scale. CHAI is...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 25, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, claiming three lives every minute. South Africa ranks eighth amongst the top 30 high-TB burden countries, accounting for three percent of all TB cases worldwide. South Africa is one of 10 countries that...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 24, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, next to COVID-19 worldwide. People who become sick with TB are living with the active form of the disease, however, many people may be infected with TB and not know it. Treating...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 23, 2022
Effective interventions to increase routine immunization uptake in health facilities BACKGROUND In November 2020, CHAI Uganda’s vaccines team set out to help the government address challenges with routine immunization service delivery and improve equity across 14...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Mar 22, 2022
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 a medical doctor with postgraduate training in health economics. My interest is in...
