2017 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 antiretroviral (ARVs) on behalf of members of its procurement consortium. See the 2017 CHAI ARV Reference Price List here.
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From volunteer to COO: Working on Tanzania’s first ever HIV/AIDS treatment plan
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 would be interested in joining their...
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How a landmark drug deal will reduce side effects and help people living with HIV stay on treatment
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 developing countries, with affordable generic drugs widely available and the majority of...
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Vietnamese ‘stories and hard work moved me to find a way to help’
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 of the world’s population lacks, and I am mindful that...
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How ‘miracle’ of AIDS patients’ survival gives hope for future
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 a few years. We...
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Enabling broad access to best-in-class HIV treatment: Best practice for originators
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 originator companies should employ to enable widespread access to their drugs. It also explores how these...
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How specialized health worker training in Zambia is helping save lives
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 one-year-old son underwent surgery...
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A government-led approach to increasing access to oxygen in Nigeria
Almost 1 milion children die each year from pneumonia. Here is how Nigeria is making sure hospitals have the right tools to fight back.
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Webinar: Guide to CHAI’s HIV New Product Introduction Toolkit (part 2)
This webinar, the second in a two-part series, highlights tools and resources in CHAI’s HIV New Product Introduction Toolkit. The toolkit provides ministries of health and implementing partners with the tools necessary to evaluate the adoption and introduction of new HIV products in their local context. This webinar highlighted two consumption monitoring tools, including: 1)...
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Webinar: Guide to CHAI’s HIV New Product Introduction Toolkit
This webinar, the first in a two-part series, guides usage of CHAI’s HIV New Product Introduction Toolkit. The toolkit provides Ministries of Health and implementing partners with the tools necessary to evaluate the adoption and introduction of new HIV products in their local context. The webinar also provides an overview of the CHAI ARV Phase-In/Phase-Out...
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