Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer but continues to be a leading cause of disease and death for women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). More than 300,000 women die of cervical cancer each year, with more than 90 percent of deaths...
Childhood pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in low- and middle-income countries, claiming nearly 800,000 lives every year.[1] In Indonesia alone, an estimated 10,000 lives are lost to this preventable illness each year.[2][3] Children suffering from...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has been awarded a five-year Bill & Melinda Gates (BMGF) grant to produce annual global forecasts for malaria commodities such as insecticides, insecticide-treated nets, treatments, and diagnostics. These forecasts are...
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is much lower now than it used to be due to the increased availability of antiretroviral therapy. Still, a small proportion of infants are born with HIV when mothers have high viral loads (VL) in utero, during delivery, or when...
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. Please tell us a bit about your background and what brought you to CHAI. In 2015, I completed a bachelor’s degree in nursing science from Saint Cloud State...
