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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, CHAI has dug into our blog archives and selected two incredible women whose stories we have previously featured. We are impressed by these women and what they have accomplished, and think you will be too. Monica Otieno: Improving access to family planning Monica grew up in rural western Kenya....
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What if we could make major strides against global epidemics such as HIV and TB by combining expertise in healthcare delivery models in low-resource settings with a deep understanding of what drives behavior? What if we could dramatically reduce the number of children who die from diarrhea by nudging families and caregivers towards correct care-seeking...
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BRUSSELS, Feb. 13, 2018 – The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) has been awarded a Horizon Birth Day Prize by the European Commission and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. CHAI is one of three winners, from among 48 applicants, being recognized for a demonstrated and scalable solution to reduce or prevent death during...
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Six years ago, I faced a major crossroads in my life. After serving almost two decades in uniform, the last five of which I oversaw strategic operations for the Indian Navy, I was presented with the option of either taking on a lucrative career with one of the major defense contractors, or more meaningful (although...
Read moreIn 2011, diarrhea was the leading killer of children under the age of five in Kenya. So the IKEA Foundation, the Kenyan government and CHAI went to work to make treatment more affordable and to train healthcare workers and educate caregivers in order to save the lives of more children. Today, thanks to this work,...
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CHAI supports national governments to expand high-quality care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. CHAI negotiates reduced prices for antiretroviral (ARVs) on behalf of members of its procurement consortium. See the 2017 CHAI ARV Reference Price List here.
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I joined CHAI as a volunteer in February 2003. I had just graduated with a Master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and returned home to Kenya. While on the job hunt, a friend of mine volunteering with CHAI from McKinsey and Company asked if I would be interested in joining their...
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This World AIDS Day, we celebrate the tremendous progress that has been made in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with more than 20 million people living with HIV accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) as of today. The incredible scale up of ART in developing countries, with affordable generic drugs widely available and the majority of...
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I grew up privileged. Access to clean water, food, health care, and education was never an issue during my childhood in California. While we were never wealthy from an American perspective, we always had enough to meet our basic needs. This privilege is something most of the world’s population lacks, and I am mindful that...
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It was the spring of 1998, while working as a clinician in Lesotho, that I first realized the terrible impact that HIV would have on my country. Patients were growing sicker by the day, and at times I thought I might not even have any more patients to care for within a few years. We...
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