In Zambia, cervical cancer ranks as the most frequent cancer among women of reproductive age. It is also one of the most preventable types of cancer. To reach global elimination targets, cervical cancer screening and treatment services have rapidly expanded across the...
Overview The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is helping expand access to medical oxygen in Mozambique. CHAI is a sub-grantee of FHI360 on the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, a global eight-year project funded by the U.S. Agency...
Each year, nearly 896,000 babies are born in Ghana,[1] and an estimated two percent (about 18,000) of these babies are born with sickle cell disease (SCD). [2] Early screening of newborns for sickle cell disease can ensure early identification of the disease and...
We are relieved and grateful for the release of two colleagues after they were detained earlier this year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These are committed public health workers, one of whom is a physician, who have worked for the health of the...
Introducing the seventh edition of CHAI’s HIV Mid-Year Market Memo, a brief covering the latest trends in the HIV space in low- and middle-income countries since the publication of CHAI’s annual HIV Market Report in December 2022. Download the Report Download the...
Despite a 2017 policy of universal HIV testing for all children presenting at public health facilities in Zambia, testing coverage remains low in high-volume wards. Targeted screening approaches can improve testing efficiencies and increase case findings. HIV...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative with funding from Unitaid is preparing to implement a liquid oxygen (LOX) supply chain model in order to explore the effectiveness of an alternative supply chain in Douala to supplement existing oxygen sources. This supply chain...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is preparing to implement a supply chain that includes a liquid oxygen (LOX) source to explore the effectiveness of an alternative oxygen supply chain in Sierra Leone to supplement existing oxygen sources. This alternative...
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with leading generic manufacturers to secure historic ceiling prices for life-saving hepatitis B and C treatments Pricing commitment announced at inaugural Global Hepatitis Resource Mobilization Conference in Geneva Geneva, May 18,...
Globally, 58 million people are estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, with 1.3 million in Myanmar alone. However, the number of diagnosed cases remains low, with only seven percent of people living with HCV diagnosed in Southeast Asia....
