UNFPA and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) work closely in Cameroon to increase access to family planning services and improve supply chain management in support of the Ministry of Public Health. Since the start of the UNFPA/CHAI collaboration in late 2013, we have helped enable more than 37,000 additional women access to contraceptive…
November 9, 2015
UNFPA and CHAI combine efforts to increase access to family planning in Cameroon
November 12, 2015
ARV Market Report
CHAI’s ARV Market Report provides a global perspective on the ARV marketplace in low- and middle-income countries in 2014 and outlines CHAI’s expectations on how the market will evolve over the next five years. See the 2015 ARV Market Report here.
November 18, 2015
Community Health Assistants in Zambia: Process Evaluation Findings Published
Universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be realized without an adequate health workforce and in particular community health workers (CHW) can make a considerable contribution towards achieving UHC. The Government of Zambia has recognized this and to improve access to healthcare and address health workforce shortages in rural areas, the Ministry of Health developed and implemented…
November 18, 2015
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Training in Zambia
In Ndola, Zambia on November 4, Patricia Munsanje and six other students huddled together around a dummy practicing cervical suturing. The students and their instructor—an obstetric health professional—bent down to carefully weave the sutures through a foam model meant to simulate a woman’s torn cervix after birth. First they practiced on the foam, and then…
December 1, 2015
Point-of-Care Early Infant Diagnosis Symposium at 2015 ICASA
Today, on World AIDS Day, we recognize the significant progress that has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In mid-2015, UNAIDS announced that the global goal of putting 15 million HIV-infected patients on treatment by 2015 had been reached nine months in advance of the deadline. With a view toward the goal of ending…
December 16, 2015
Policy Brief: Integrating SMC with Nutritional Supplementation in Northern Nigeria
In 2014 CHAI led a study, in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Health, to assess whether integrating seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with Plumpy’doz™, a lipid-based nutritional supplement (LNS), has an impact on nutrition or malaria outcomes. This document describes the outcomes and recommendations from this study. The study was made possible by a…
December 16, 2015
Private Sector mRDT Training in Tanzania
On November 12, 2015, 78 private sector healthcare providers attended trainings held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on malaria rapid diagnostics tests (mRDT). From September-November of this year, participants from health facilities in eight regions in Tanzania were invited to two-day training sessions. Two providers, including clinicians and lab technicians, from 593 facilities, representing nearly…
December 18, 2015
Becton Dickinson partners with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) to implement an innovative CD4 Access Solution
For Immediate Release Contact: press@clintonhealthaccess.org Becton Dickinson partners with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) to implement an innovative CD4 Access Solution Rethinking the Role of Diagnostics Suppliers in Public Health 18 December 2015 – Becton Dickinson (BD), the leading provider of CD4 testing solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, is partnering with ministries of health,…
December 31, 2015
2015 CHAI ARV Reference Price List
CHAI supports national governments to expand high-quality care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. CHAI negotiates reduced prices for antiretrovirals (ARVs) on behalf of members of its procurement consortium. See the 2015 CHAI ARV Reference Price List here.