Over one million women in 14 low-and middle-income countries have been screened for cervical cancer through an integrated prevention program, delivered by country governments in collaboration with global health agency Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative...
Cervical cancer is both preventable and highly treatable if caught early. Yet globally, a woman dies from cervical cancer every two minutes, with the African continent accounting for the majority of these deaths. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, 19...
Between 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic severely strained health systems across countries, leaving millions without access to essential healthcare services. Immunization programs experienced a ‘double burden’ of challenges: initial pandemic-related lockdowns...
The Global Fund provides funding support in three-year cycles to eligible countries across the globe to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. The next funding cycle, New Funding Model (NFM) 4 is currently ongoing with funds expected to be awarded for use between...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a sub-grantee of FHI360 on the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project, a global five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). EpiC receives COVID-19 funding to...
In 2021, an adolescent girl or young woman acquired HIV every two minutes. With 1.5 million new HIV infections globally in 2021 (one million more than the 2020 UNAIDS target), there is an urgent need for transformation in HIV prevention, including through...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) invites interested and capable organizations to submit proposals to supply and install a 3000-liter microbulk cryogenic tank for the León Becerra Hospital in the city of Milagro, Ecuador. If you choose to submit your quote...
Background Zambia has a generalized HIV epidemic with a national prevalence of about 11 percent among adults 15-59 years.[1] HIV prevention in Zambia focuses on prevention of mother-to-child transmission, social and behavior change communication, and voluntary medical...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) welcomes the World Health Organization’s Executive Board announcement that it will recommend the Access to Medical Oxygen Resolution is adopted at this year’s World Health Assembly in May 2023. The announcement marks a major...
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. I am an obstetrician-gynecologist and was a practicing clinician for almost 10 years prior to...