In remote Makhodia Village, Jhabua District in central India, a group of about 25 women gather in a small brightly painted room, protected from the heat of the midday sun inside the village health center. They are dressed in vibrant cloths–purples, blues, reds, and pinks that stand out against one another–and hold sleeping and sometimes…
Policy Brief: 3DE Evaluation on the Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Cash Incentives to Increase Facility Delivery
Delivering at health facilities can help to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but in Zambia only 67 percent of total births and 56 percent of rural births take place in health facilities.[1] The Demand-Driven Evaluations for Decisions (3DE) program conducted an impact evaluation to determine if non-cash incentives, called Mama Kits, can cost-effectively increase rural…
Community Health Assistants in Zambia
In Chibombo District, part of Zambia’s Central Province north of the capital of Lusaka, Josephine Mwita lives in a small mud house a few hundred yards down well-worn dirt paths from the main road with 10 members of her family. Here in this rural area, most people make their living by farming and animal rearing….
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Three new agreements announced with the potential to expand access to innovative HIV treatment in low- and middle-income countries
These agreements have the potential to increase access to state-of-the-art HIV treatment regimens for people living with HIV in low- and middle- income countries.