LINKAGES Cote d’Ivoire optimizes the power of index testing with TOM+ support

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360, & Didier Kamali, Project Director, LINKAGES Cote d’Ivoire This post is the second in a series on LINKAGES’ country-specific, programmatic success under TOM+ funding and support. The first post in the series focused on the enhanced peer outreach approach (EPOA) in Haiti. While UNAIDS has been reporting …

Strengthening local capacity for community-led responses to the HIV epidemic among key populations

Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES project as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in action series. To access the audio recording of the webinar, please click here. On January 17th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the eighth webinar in a webinar series entitled Key Populations: Evidence in Action. This webinar explored the importance …

“Because of how you are”: Using participatory research to understand violence against transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Written by Kathleen Shears, Science Writer, FHI 360, and Michele Lanham, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This blog post was first featured on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence blog. To put the challenge of violence against transgender (trans) women in perspective, consider this estimate: the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights reports that in Latin America and the …

LINKAGES Haiti finds success with TOM+ support for the enhanced peer outreach approach

Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 This post is the first in a series on LINKAGES’ country-specific, programmatic success under TOM+ funding and support. Prior to the last quarter of FY18, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project in Haiti experienced a range of challenges with regard to case-detection rates, retention on antiretroviral treatment …

HIV programming goes online with the launch of Yes4Me in India

Written by Purvi Shah, Program Manager, LINKAGES India Online and virtual platforms hold promise for HIV programs to gain access to previously unreached and more diverse populations. They also offer new ways for these populations to engage with HIV services, including self-guided HIV risk screening and referrals. Virtual communication allows HIV programs to circumvent traditional …

Let’s Talk about Health Workers’ Feelings

Written by Karah Pedersen, Senior Technical Manager, IntraHealth International It is easy to forget that doctors, nurses, and other health care workers are just like everyone else. They even have feelings. At a recent Health4All training, a social worker in Suriname explained, “Health workers say that they don’t want to put aside their upbringing or …

Optimizing the impact of key population programming across the HIV cascade

Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES project as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in action series. To access the papers from the Journal of the International AIDS Society supplement, “Optimizing the Impact of Key Population Programming across the HIV Cascade,” please click here. On October 4th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the seventh …