by Corina Milic | Jan 18, 2018
Six years ago, I faced a major crossroads in my life. After serving almost two decades in uniform, the last five of which I oversaw strategic operations for the Indian Navy, I was presented with the option of either taking on a lucrative career with one of the major...
by Corina Milic | Jan 3, 2018
In 2011, diarrhea was the leading killer of children under the age of five in Kenya. So the IKEA Foundation, the Kenyan government and CHAI went to work to make treatment more affordable and to train healthcare workers and educate caregivers in order to save the lives...
by Corina Milic | Dec 22, 2017
CHAI supports national governments to expand high-quality care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. CHAI negotiates reduced prices for antiretroviral (ARVs) on behalf of members of its procurement consortium. See the 2017 CHAI ARV Reference Price List...
by Corina Milic | Dec 22, 2017
I joined CHAI as a volunteer in February 2003. I had just graduated with a Master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and returned home to Kenya. While on the job hunt, a friend of mine volunteering with CHAI from McKinsey and Company asked if I...
by Corina Milic | Dec 22, 2017
This World AIDS Day, we celebrate the tremendous progress that has been made in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with more than 20 million people living with HIV accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) as of today. The incredible scale up of ART in...
by Corina Milic | Dec 1, 2017
I grew up privileged. Access to clean water, food, health care, and education was never an issue during my childhood in California. While we were never wealthy from an American perspective, we always had enough to meet our basic needs. This privilege is something most...
by Corina Milic | Dec 1, 2017
It was the spring of 1998, while working as a clinician in Lesotho, that I first realized the terrible impact that HIV would have on my country. Patients were growing sicker by the day, and at times I thought I might not even have any more patients to care for within...
by Corina Milic | Dec 1, 2017
Years of experience show that licensing is highly effective for ensuring that many more people in developing countries can access life-saving HIV medicines. CHAI and Access to Medicine Foundation have published a paper outlining best practice licensing models that...
by Corina Milic | Nov 28, 2017
Carol M. Mufana has worked with CHAI in Zambia since 2013, but it wasn’t until her own son’s life was saved by a doctor whose training was facilitated by CHAI that the work the organization was doing really hit home. I met Dr. Vernon Pashi in June of 2017 when my...
by Corina Milic | Nov 14, 2017
At Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna state of Nigeria, a nurse checks on a four-year-old child who was admitted for severe pneumonia. Luckily, lifesaving oxygen is available at this hospital, allowing him to make a full recovery. In Kano state, a three-year-old...
