CHAI is pleased to release the 10th issue of our annual HIV Market Report: The state of HIV treatment, testing, and prevention in low- and middle-income countries. The report provides a detailed look at the complex, ever-changing antiretroviral (ARV) and diagnostic...
Women in Zambia face a lifetime risk of 1 in 100 of dying in pregnancy or childbirth, and 1 in 37 infants die in their first month of life. Many of these deaths are a result of delay in seeking care. While many women know to go to a health facility to improve their...
In a small village in rural east-central Uganda, baby Josephin is happily babbling to her mother Kevina and crawling around the yard. She has recovered from a bout of bad diarrhea that she was suffering from just one day ago. Josephin is one of the lucky ones. She was...
Twenty-five years ago, tackling a challenge as large as the elimination of a deadly disease in five years was unthinkable in Rwanda. In 1994, the country had just emerged from a devastating genocide which took the lives of over one million people and left its health...
Given the limited number of trained healthcare workers in many low- and middle-income countries and the intense demands on their time, it is critical to find ways to task-shift responsibilities where possible. Task-shifting, defined as a process of delegation whereby...
Introducing the third edition of CHAI’s HIV Mid-Year Market Memo, a brief that that covers the latest trends in the HIV space in low- and middle-income countries since the publication of CHAI’s annual HIV Market Report in September 2018. Read the HIV Mid-Year Market...
Today is World Malaria Day, an international observance commemorated every year to recognize global progress in the fight against malaria. Although great successes have been achieved since the early 2000s, malaria still contributes to over 400,000 deaths annually....
Across many malaria endemic countries, a large proportion of children affected by febrile illness seek first treatment in the private sector. Yet quality-assured commodities to diagnose or treat malaria are often not available or affordable to patients. In many cases,...
Every day at primary health centers across Nigeria, the Officer In-Charge (OIC) manages the routine immunization (RI) program, which ensures that hundreds of children under the age of one safely receive their required vaccinations at the right time. The OIC’s role is...