Robyn Dayton, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 This blog post was original published here on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence. Click here to read this post in Spanish. In the Dominican Republic, one of the questions most faced by public health officials, law enforcement and civil society is how to address gender-based …
Three ways to leverage social media outreach in HIV programs
Wayan Vota, Digital Health Director, IntraHealth International This blog post was original published here on ICTworks.org. HIV programs have progressed and innovated over the years by continually using new online and virtual platforms and implementing them with increasing levels of sophistication. In the Going Online to Accelerate the Impact of HIV Programs vision from the LINKAGES project, …
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The LINKAGES legacy: What the project has meant for people, policies, and programming in nine countries
Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 Rose Wilcher, Director, Knowledge Management, LINKAGES As we near the end of 2019, it is only natural to look back on the year in review. Or, in this case, the past five years. Nine LINKAGES country programs are successfully concluding this year having achieved amazing results during multiyear efforts …
Data that make a difference: Strengthening data systems for key population-focused programs from the ground up
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 December 5th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the eleventh webinar in a webinar series entitled Key Populations: Evidence in Action. This webinar explored the unique …
Walking the walk: LINKAGES and EpiC’s active response to gender-based violence
Aubrey Weber, Research Utilization, FHI 360 Robyn Dayton, HIV Division, FHI 360 Josefina Rojas, CEPROSH, Dominican Republic Sopha Nith, LINKAGES Cambodia Dr. Sou Sanith, Battambang Provincial Health Department, Cambodia Maurice Wangu, EpiC/FHI 360 Kenya Today, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence annual campaign begins. This global movement runs each year from International Day …
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How an HIV program in Angola went online, against all odds
Written by Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola; Ben Eveslage, FHI 360; Denizia Pinto, LINKAGES Angola; & Caitlin Loehr, IntraHealth International “Here they come again with another ‘big idea,’ another innovation, to see how we can improve.” - Dario, community peer educator, Luanda, Angola Dario was not hopeful about using online or mobile platforms for his HIV …
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Key Population Investment Fund supports West African regional trainings to accelerate achievement of the “first 95”
Written by Tiffany Lillie, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES What is KPIF? PEPFAR, via USAID, is providing the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project Key Population Investment Funds (KPIF) to support a KP-led approach to accelerating progress toward the ambitious 95-95-95 goals in West Africa. The KPIF initiative is guided by PEPFAR 3.0 principles: …
