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National HIV treatment programs are preparing for big shifts in their national treatment guidelines and patient regimens. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2016 guidelines included a number of antiretroviral (ARV) medications that are more effective, tolerable and affordable (some of which are now available), in addition to optimal pediatric formulations which improve upon limited treatment...
Read moreClinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. Policy Update: July 14, 2017 STATEMENT The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives, reducing the burden of disease, and strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world. CHAI areas of focus include HIV/AIDS and TB, Increasing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of...
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As we recognize World Hepatitis Day this year, there is hope for millions of people living with chronic hepatitis around the world. New, directly acting antiviral (DAA) medications are providing a cure to people infected with the disease. In Vietnam, one of the countries with highest rates of hepatitis C (HCV) infection in the world,...
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The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), with funding from Global Affairs Canada and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, partnered with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and the state governments of Bauchi, Cross River, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Niger, and Rivers to support scale-up of zinc and...
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Lesotho is a small, landlocked country surrounded by South Africa with a population of about 2 million people. It also has the second highest prevalence of HIV in the world, with 23 percent of the population infected. This high HIV prevalence is a key contributing factor in Lesotho having one of the lowest life expectancies...
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The IKEA Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) today announced two new four year grants totaling $16.8 million to continue work to reduce child mortality and provide access to lifesaving treatment for diarrhea and pneumonia in Madhya Pradesh, India and Kenya. The two grants, which began in January, build on CHAI’s work in...
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Market access agreements advance growing ACS-led effort to significantly improve cancer care in six sub-Saharan African countries The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) today announced two separate groundbreaking market access agreements with Pfizer Inc. and Cipla Inc. to expand access to sixteen essential cancer treatment medications, including chemotherapies, in...
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Until recently, many low- and middle-income countries were not able to provide HIV treatment to all patients due to the high cost of medication and treatment was reserved for only the sickest individuals. Decisions about whether or not to initiate patients on lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART) were often based on how far a patient’s disease...
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CD4 cell count is an important diagnostic test to manage HIV-positive patients in low- and middle-income countries. CD4 testing is used to prioritize patients for treatment in settings where treatment is not accessible to all, monitor patients on treatment where viral load testing is not available, and monitor and manage patients with advanced HIV disease...
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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, train and deploy a motivated community-based health workforce. Known as Community Health Assistants (CHAs), these workers have been...
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