COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on global health. Early on, the pandemic brought many health systems to their knees, and it continues to expose and exacerbate inequities that already existed between countries, people, and access to basic health services. Indeed,...
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 grew up in the UK and studied economics at university—I was always interested in the...
Clinton Health Access Initiative and Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition release 2021 Family Planning Market Report Dec. 2, 2021—The value of the public-sector contraceptive market reached a five-year high in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new...
This World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked everyone to consider the growing inequalities in access to essential HIV services that many countries face. In a year defined by COVID-19, it is not difficult to find examples. The global HIV...
Despite tremendous progress accelerating access to HIV treatment, approximately 1.5 million people were newly infected in 2020. To reduce the risk of HIV infection, the global community must continue to increase access to highly effective prevention tools, such as...
The Vaccine journal has published a CHAI-led study in Madhya Pradesh that highlights an innovative solution to identifying optimal locations for establishing cold storage points at the last mile with a view to reducing vaccine transportation time from health...
Living in a small town in the southern part of Ghana, Frema delivered her last two healthy babies at the nearby regional hospital. On her third delivery at the same facility Adiza, the midwife, informed her about the need to screen the baby for sickle cell disease...
On Nov. 15, 2021, CHAI, MedAccess, and SD Biosensor announced a partnership to increase access to rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis and HIV. What will the partnership cover? The partnership will enable public sector purchasers to access SD Biosensor’s Standard Q...
London, 15 November 2021 – MedAccess, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and SD Biosensor today announced a partnership to significantly increase access to innovative combined rapid testing for syphilis and HIV. SD Biosensor’s STANDARD Q...
In a corner of the emergency pediatric unit a four-year-old boy with pneumonia was using an oxygen concentrator to breathe. He had already been at the hospital in Kano, Nigeria for two days but his breathing had not improved. The hospital technician was called to...
