“There continues to be a tremendous focus on enrolling people in treatment programs and ensuring that they remain in care. This case study examines an integrated clinical and social support program that used quality improvement, decentralization, task shifting, and community engagement to identify and address challenges to sustaining HIV treatment programs in India.” … [Read more...] about Improving Programs, Improving the Lives of People Living with HIV
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FHl Vietnam Program
This case study presents two innovative pilot programs developed by FHI Vietnam with USAID funding to address the MH needs of PLWH. The first integrated MH services into a methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program and the second embedded MH services in an HIV outpatient care and treatment clinic (OPC) at a district general hospital. The overarching approach linking the two … [Read more...] about FHl Vietnam Program
How to save 3.6 million children each year? Invest in community health workers
The following is a Q&A between Julia Bluestone of Jhpiego and the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and Dr. Henry Perry of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on a recently released report examining community health workers’ effectiveness in saving lives and improving health. The post was originally published in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s … [Read more...] about How to save 3.6 million children each year? Invest in community health workers
Backpacks That Save Lives? You Bet!
Summer is winding down. Store shelves are stocked with notebooks and pencils instead of sunscreen and beach balls. And for most kids, the essential back-to-school purchase is the almighty backpack. If you're going to carry books and lunch to school, you'd better have something durable -- and fashionable! -- strapped on your shoulders. You may be surprised to learn that a … [Read more...] about Backpacks That Save Lives? You Bet!
An interview with Dr. Ram Shrestha:Supporting Community Health Workers- Where do we stand?
As a health professional, whenever I visit a rural village in a low-or middle-income country, several thoughts come to mind. Knowing that the formal health system usually ends at a health center, dispensary, or health post in these rural communities, does everyone in this village have access to health services? How can we ensure that there are enough health workers in nearby … [Read more...] about An interview with Dr. Ram Shrestha:Supporting Community Health Workers- Where do we stand?