by Corina Milic | Nov 12, 2018
Pneumonia is a common respiratory illness in children from North America to Africa. Yet, on this World Pneumonia Day, we also recognize that it remains the single biggest killer of children under five in the world, causing more deaths each year than AIDS, malaria, and...
by Corina Milic | Oct 19, 2018
We are pleased to release the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s 2017 Annual Report. Thanks to the continued support of our donors, the leadership of our partner governments, and our strong relationships with local communities, global organizations, other NGOs,...
by Corina Milic | Sep 28, 2018
Children sit in a circle in the relative coolness of the village Anganwadi center (a courtyard shelter set-up by the government to provide basic health care and nutrition services in Indian villages), eating their lunch of potato curry and roti. Later in the day,...
by Corina Milic | Sep 24, 2018
About 250 million preschool children are vitamin A deficient and up to half a million of these children become blind every year, of which about 50 percent die within 12 months of losing sight. Infants and children need vitamin A to promote rapid growth, to prevent...
by Corina Milic | Sep 12, 2018
A clear understanding of the complex, ever-changing antiretroviral (ARV) and diagnostic markets in low- and middle-income countries is critical for all stakeholders in the HIV space. To address this need, CHAI publishes an annual HIV market report for public...
by Corina Milic | Sep 12, 2018
CHAI’s HIV Market Report provides a global perspective on the ARV marketplace in low- and middle-income countries in 2017 and outlines CHAI’s expectations on how the market will evolve over the next five years. Read the report here: 2018 HIV Market...
by Corina Milic | Sep 10, 2018
After five hours hunched in a crowded minibus, three hours trying to soothe a crying baby, and one hour waiting to see a healthcare worker, she had made it. This Malawian mother had finally made it to a health facility to test her baby for HIV. Despite the hours of...
by Corina Milic | Sep 4, 2018
Seventeen years: This is how long it typically takes for a scientifically tested intervention to be integrated into standard practice, according to experts. But can this gap between research and policy be closed? Health sector stakeholders in Rwanda are trying to do...
by Corina Milic | Aug 7, 2018
In 2015, HIV was the cause of 19 percent of all childhood deaths under the age of five in Lesotho. Previous strategies to identify and treat children who were living with HIV had proven ineffective and Lesotho’s goal to reach 80 percent of children living with HIV had...
by Corina Milic | Jul 28, 2018
As we welcome another World Hepatitis Day, the global response to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public threat is accelerating. Viral hepatitis, consisting of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), affects more than 320 million people worldwide, with 90 percent of...
