Recognizing that Universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be realized without an adequate health workforce, CHAI along with the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), have been supporting the Zambian Ministry of Health since 2010 to recruit,...
Since 2002, CHAI has worked to increase access to HIV drugs and diagnostics in the developing world with the transformational goal of saving lives. Through collaboration with a broad coalition of partners, the Interagency Task Team on the Prevention and Treatment of...
CHAI’s first-ever HIV Mid-Year Market Memo is an informational brief that covers the latest trends in the HIV space since the publication of CHAI’s annual ARV Market Report in October 2016. See the HIV Mid-Year Market Memo here. See the 2016 ARV Market Report...
Addressing the gaps in HIV service delivery is critical to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Even small gains in maternal retention on antiretroviral therapy (ART) can result in large gains in the number of children born HIV-free and significantly...
Health workers are the backbone of any health system. When the health workforce is not aligned with demand at a particular facility it can lead to long patient waiting times, poor quality or lack of services, and overworked health workers. While many countries are...
The provision of health services requires a sufficient number of well-trained health workers, but many countries currently face severe health workforce shortages. In the face of these gaps, it is important for governments to be able to allocate the health workers that...
Arriving early in the morning to receive their HIV medications and beat the crowds, patients visiting resource-limited health facilities are often greeted by long lines. This was a problem experienced in some of the busiest health centers in Lusaka, Zambia, in 2014....
Panama, along with other countries in Central America, has set an ambitious goal to eliminate malaria by 2020. It has made substantial progress toward this goal with the number of malaria cases dropping from 1281 in 2007 to 811 in 2016 (a 36 percent decrease)....
Bill and Melinda Gates’ call in 2007 for a global commitment to eradicate malaria increased enthusiasm and political will in countries throughout Latin America, southern Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region to help achieve this important goal. Many countries, including...
