by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 16, 2021
As CHAI exits Botswana, the former country team reflects on our efforts to build sustainable systems to help the Botswana government reach malaria elimination. At CHAI, we like to say that we are “working ourselves out of our jobs,” in the countries where we operate....
by Corina Milic | Feb 11, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a long-neglected public health crisis: people dying due to lack of oxygen. Medical oxygen, essential to fighting respiratory illnesses, was already in short supply in low- and middle-income countries around the world before the pandemic....
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 11, 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 was originally a high school teacher but was always passionate about working with an NGO...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Feb 4, 2021
Cervical cancer, an often-preventable disease, kills more than a quarter of a million women each year. Women in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately impacted by the disease and represent more than 85 percent of all cervical cancer-related deaths...
by Corina Milic | Feb 2, 2021
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our colleague, Sidonie Uwimpuhwe. Sidonie joined CHAI in 2018 as our first Rwandese national country director in Rwanda. Under her leadership, the Rwanda program has grown almost threefold in funding and impact,...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Jan 22, 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 am a dentist by profession, of Jordanian origins. I started my professional life working in...
by Corina Milic | Jan 19, 2021
A new study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society highlights a CHAI-led project in seven sub-Saharan African countries to evaluate near-point-of-care (near-POC) tests used to monitor HIV viral load. The test measures the number of HIV copies per...
by Corina Milic | Dec 20, 2020
Closing the gap. As we looked through our blog posts from the past 12 months in preparation for our usual end-of-year roundup, the term surfaced again and again. It is a favorite in the global health community. There, closing the gap often means reducing or...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Dec 18, 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, access to oxygen was already a challenge across much of the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The virus has only highlighted that gap. Hypoxemia, or low blood oxygen, contributes to over a million deaths each year,...
by Harvey Mogojwe | Dec 17, 2020
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 have an MSc in Economics. While studying, I was particularly interested in courses on health...