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 …
Continue reading HIV programming goes online with the launch of Yes4Me in India
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 …
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 …
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Entrevistada: Altagracia de la Rosa, Educador de Pares, CEPROSH, República Dominicana Entrevistadora: Betty Alvarez, Consultora, FHI 360 Altagracia de la Rosa es una promotora, o educadora par, que trabaja con trabajadoras sexuales en representación de CEPROSH en Puerto Plata, República Dominicana. CEPROSH tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en los programas de VIH, incluyendo programas de …
Interviewee: Altagracia de la Rosa, Peer Educator, CEPROSH, Dominican Republic Interviewer: Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 Altagracia de la Rosa is a promotora, or peer educator, working with sex workers on behalf of CEPROSH in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. CEPROSH has more than 30 years of experience in HIV programming, including prevention, care, and treatment programs for …
Written by Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, FHI 360 For the past two years, I have managed the social media presence of the largest global project dedicated to key populations (KPs) and HIV: the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project. While I am not directly involved in implementing activities, my role has afforded me a unique opportunity …
Continue reading MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE: Lessons learned from 100 LINKAGES stories
Written by Abrahim Simmonds, Project Officer, LINKAGES Jamaica, and Shelly Trim, M&E Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Jamaica The following blog post is preceded by this blog post on the development of custom indicators. In Jamaica, men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women have shifted their social interaction from meeting in favorite gathering spots to making anonymous …
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