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HIV/AIDS

I’m a Community Health Worker—Here’s Why I Tell My Story

When it comes to HIV and COVID, mothers in my community listen to me. And this year so did decision-makers around the world.

Community Health Workers, HIV/AIDS
It's Time for Nurses Like Beth to Lead
Carol Bales and Samantha Rick

They have the skills to lead multidisciplinary teams and improve health services for us all.

Nurses, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, IntraHealth International
Policy Changes in Tanzania and Beyond Unleash Full Power of Nurses
Carol Bales

Imelda Ngonyani and other nurses in Tanzania are making a key HIV prevention strategy more available. This is the first post in our Frontline Perspectives blog series for the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.

#FrontlinePerspectives, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
How a Training on ‘Index Testing’ Helped a Social Worker Reunite a Family

Speaking to the Strategic Communications Advisor of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Côte d’Ivoire, a social worker shares how a training on 'index testing' that aims to identify sexual partners of HIV+ patients in order to test them and enrol them in treatment, enabled him to reuinite a family.

Africa, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases
She Fights TB and HIV Door-to-Door on this Tanzanian Island
Carol Bales

Community health workers like Nanzula link their neighbors to the essential primary health services they need.

Community Health Workers, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
Tanzanian Nurses Propel Their Country toward Global 90-90-90 Targets, One Patient at a Time

As frontline health workers, nurses who can take on the task of initiating and managing ART – particularly in rural or underserved communities – are critical to Tanzania’s efforts to achieve the global 90-90-90 targets by providing quality, comprehensive health services, including ART, to people living with HIV.

Africa, HIV/AIDS
Social Welfare Workers Bridge Gaps in HIV Care at the Grassroots Level in Tanzania

Social welfare workers such as Pruden Furaha have emerged as critical frontline caregivers working at the community level to provide a safety net for people living with or at risk of contracting HIV in Tanzania.

HIV/AIDS, Africa
Test on the Waters

Beachside testing and counseling is a strategy for educating fisherfolk about HIV and for identifying those living with HIV.

education and training, Africa, HIV/AIDS
Optimizing the Role of Community-Based Workers in HIV Service Delivery

René Berger is a Director in the Global Health Division of Chemonics. He has more than 17 years of experience working with USAID and implementing partners as an HIV/AIDS expert.

HIV/AIDS, Chemonics
Through the Pharmacy Window

by Margarite Nathe, IntraHealth International

"When I was in grade 8, I was into two things: fashion and medicine,” says Elina Nantinda, a 25-year-old pharmacy assistant in rural Namibia. “So I decided to study hard. I thought, ‘It would be so nice to work with...

Africa, HIV/AIDS, IntraHealth International