by Corina Milic | Dec 13, 2021
COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on global health. Early on, the pandemic brought many health systems to their knees, and it continues to expose and exacerbate inequities that already existed between countries, people, and access to basic health services. Indeed,...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Dec 9, 2021
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 grew up in the UK and studied economics at university—I was always interested in the...
by Corina Milic | Dec 2, 2021
Clinton Health Access Initiative and Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition release 2021 Family Planning Market Report Dec. 2, 2021—The value of the public-sector contraceptive market reached a five-year high in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new...
by Corina Milic | Nov 30, 2021
This World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked everyone to consider the growing inequalities in access to essential HIV services that many countries face. In a year defined by COVID-19, it is not difficult to find examples. The global HIV...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Nov 30, 2021
Despite tremendous progress accelerating access to HIV treatment, approximately 1.5 million people were newly infected in 2020. To reduce the risk of HIV infection, the global community must continue to increase access to highly effective prevention tools, such as...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Nov 25, 2021
The Vaccine journal has published a CHAI-led study in Madhya Pradesh that highlights an innovative solution to identifying optimal locations for establishing cold storage points at the last mile with a view to reducing vaccine transportation time from health...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Nov 19, 2021
Living in a small town in the southern part of Ghana, Frema delivered her last two healthy babies at the nearby regional hospital. On her third delivery at the same facility Adiza, the midwife, informed her about the need to screen the baby for sickle cell disease...
by Corina Milic | Nov 15, 2021
On Nov. 15, 2021, CHAI, MedAccess, and SD Biosensor announced a partnership to increase access to rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis and HIV. What will the partnership cover? The partnership will enable public sector purchasers to access SD Biosensor’s Standard Q...
by Corina Milic | Nov 15, 2021
London, 15 November 2021 – MedAccess, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and SD Biosensor today announced a partnership to significantly increase access to innovative combined rapid testing for syphilis and HIV. SD Biosensor’s STANDARD Q...
by Corina Milic | Nov 12, 2021
In a corner of the emergency pediatric unit a four-year-old boy with pneumonia was using an oxygen concentrator to breathe. He had already been at the hospital in Kano, Nigeria for two days but his breathing had not improved. The hospital technician was called to...