CHAI publishes a study on an innovative approach to identifying optimal last mile vaccine store locations to reduce vaccine transportation time from stores to outreach session sites
CHAI-led study in Madhya Pradesh highlights an innovative solution to identifying optimal locations for establishing cold storage points at the last mile with a view to reducing vaccine wastage
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CHAI supports the scale-up of a national newborn screening program for sickle cell disease in Ghana
CHAI in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service and the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana are working to close the gap between diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease, for newborns.
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Five things you should know about the new partnership to increase access to dual HIV/syphilis testing
On Nov. 15, 2021 CHAI, MedAccess, and SD Biosensor announced a partnership to increase access to rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis and HIV.
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MedAccess, CHAI, and SD Biosensor announce partnership to make dual rapid test for syphilis and HIV available for under US$1 in over 100 low- and middle-income countries
The point-of-care rapid diagnostic test enables simultaneous diagnosis of both syphilis and HIV in under 20 minutes from a single finger-prick sample.
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Broken oxygen equipment cost children’s lives at hospitals in Kano, Nigeria. We developed a fix.
In a corner of the emergency pediatric unit a four-year-old boy with pneumonia was struggling to breathe despite using an oxygen concentrator. The hospital technician was called to check on the machine and discovered it was broken—the concentrator had been pumping ambient air.
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5 Questions with Yannick Agui
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI.
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Investing in oxygen before the pandemic gave Ethiopia a head start in its COVID-19 response
In Ethiopia, pneumonia accounts for 18 percent of all child deaths. Hypoxemia, or low blood oxygen, is a common and deadly complication of pneumonia. Medical oxygen is the only treatment.
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Webinar: Highlighting the latest updates in HIV treatment, prevention, and diagnostics
This webinar, recorded Nov. 4, 2021, highlights key trends in CHAI’s annual HIV Market Report, which provides a detailed look at the complex, ever-changing HIV commodity markets in low- and middle-income countries based on aggregated market intelligence from our work in over 30 countries.
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Armed with a blood pressure machine, a community health worker saves a patient’s life in rural Zambia
Working with the Ministry of Health Zambia, CHAI, and other partners procured and distributed BP machines, thermometers, timers and bicycles to 600 community health assistants to support community surveillance of non-communicable diseases in Northern, Muchinga, Luapula, Copperbelt, North-Western, and Central provinces.
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Sub-Saharan Africa respiratory equipment landscape
This report helps donors and buyers in public health better understand the offerings of respiratory equipment suppliers based in sub-Saharan Africa.
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