In Chibombo District, part of Zambia’s Central Province north of the capital of Lusaka, Josephine Mwita lives in a small mud house a few hundred yards down well-worn dirt paths from the main road with 10 members of her family. Here in this rural area, most people make...
CHAI supports national governments to expand high-quality care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. CHAI negotiates reduced prices for antiretrovirals (ARVs) on behalf of members of its procurement consortium. See the 2015 CHAI ARV Reference Price List...
For Immediate Release Contact: press@clintonhealthaccess.org Becton Dickinson partners with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) to implement an innovative CD4 Access Solution Rethinking the Role of Diagnostics Suppliers in Public Health 18 December 2015...
On November 12, 2015, 78 private sector healthcare providers attended trainings held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on malaria rapid diagnostics tests (mRDT). From September-November of this year, participants from health facilities in eight regions in Tanzania were...
In 2014 CHAI led a study, in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Health, to assess whether integrating seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with Plumpy’doz™, a lipid-based nutritional supplement (LNS), has an impact on nutrition or malaria outcomes. This...
Today, on World AIDS Day, we recognize the significant progress that has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In mid-2015, UNAIDS announced that the global goal of putting 15 million HIV-infected patients on treatment by 2015 had been reached nine months in...
November 30, 2015 – The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI), UNAIDS, and UNITAID announce today three new agreements that could increase access to more sustainable HIV drug regimens at reduced prices, pending stringent regulatory approval and/or...
In Ndola, Zambia on November 4, Patricia Munsanje and six other students huddled together around a dummy practicing cervical suturing. The students and their instructor—an obstetric health professional—bent down to carefully weave the sutures through a foam model...
Universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be realized without an adequate health workforce and in particular community health workers (CHW) can make a considerable contribution towards achieving UHC. The Government of Zambia has recognized this and to improve access to...
