Written by Natasha Mack, Editor, FHI 360 Valentine’s Day is for lovers. On February 14, 2018, Soutoura, a nongovernmental organization providing HIV services in Mali, hosted parties for female sex workers (FSWs) and their boyfriends to mark the day. Events were held in six of Soutoura’s clinics. There were refreshments, music, and even door prizes. …
Taking capacity building to a new level: Perspectives of two Malawian outreach workers who attended ICASA 2017
Written by Barbara Kapenuka and Eddah Nyirenda, Outreach Workers, Pakachere Institute for Health & Development Communication In August 2017, the LINKAGES Malawi project team sat in the conference room at Pakachere, a local implementing partner in Malawi. Key to the discussion that day was learning how to develop abstracts. This was new for most …
Differentiated service delivery for key populations
Written by Hally Mahler, Project Director, LINKAGES, and Chris Akolo, Deputy Director for Technical Services, LINKAGES This blog post was first featured on Differentiated Care’s website. “We FSW [female sex workers], we do not have time, we work at night and sleep during the day. If you find us at the community, we will accept …
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Strategic information and data use for quality improvement in the LINKAGES project (Part II)
Written by Virupax Ranebennur, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Strategic information and LINKAGES Strategic information (SI) is used to support the implementation of an evidence-based approach across the entire USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project. The system consists of global guidelines that standardize the approach for monitoring and evaluation (M&E), tools for assessing M&E and measuring improvements …
Améliorer la recherche de cas de VIH parmi les populations clés: Innovations et expériences des pays francophones
Webinaire hébergé par le projet LINKAGES dans le cadre de la série Key Populations: Evidence in Action. Pour accéder à l'enregistrement audio du webinaire, veuillez cliquer ici. Le 12 avril, le projet LINKAGES soutenu par l'USAID et le PEPFAR a accueilli le cinquième webinaire dans une série de webinaires intitulée Key Populations: Evidence in Action. …
What is strategic information and why is it needed for key population programs? (Part I)
Written by Virupax Ranebennur, Senior Technical Advisor, LINKAGES What is strategic information? UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 targets focus on three global goals to be achieved by the year 2020: 90 percent of all people living with HIV will know their status, 90 percent of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, and 90 …
When activism changes lives
Written by Rafaela Egg, Senior Prevention Advisor, Management Sciences for Health/LINKAGES This blog post was first featured on Management Sciences for Health’s website. May 30, 2016, LINKAGES’ Peer Educators Training. It is the first day, time for each peer educator-to-be to introduce themselves to the group. Claudia* is nervous and apprehensive as she has never spoken …
