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HIV Cascade Toolkit: A User’s Guide for Constructing, Presenting, Interpreting and Using HIV Cascades in Vietnam
December 2014 — The HIV Cascade Toolkit is a diagnostic, monitoring and program prioritization tool. Vietnam is starting to routinely use the cascade at site, district and national levels, and this guide will now form the foundation of national guidelines that further institutionalize the toolkit as key to a transitioning HIV response. The toolkit was developed…
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Presentations from Implementation Science in Global Health: Maximizing Impact in an Imperfect World
September 2014 — On September 4, 2014, FHI 360 hosted a one-day symposium focused on implementation science applied to health services in low- and middle-income countries. The event, Implementation Science in Global Health: Maximizing Impact in an Imperfect World, brought together researchers, practitioners and funders for an engaging discussion about producing and applying evidence to…
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Region XII Early Math Initiative Report from Kids Play Math to FHI 360
November 25, 2014 — The report and executive summary provide information on the Kids Play Math program in the United States, which was implemented as part of the Region XII Early Math Initiative. The project involved a partnership between the Kids Play Math project and FHI 360 to support the implementation of the math program in migrant…
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SMART TA (brief)
January 2015 — This brief discusses the Sustainable Management of the HIV/AIDS Response and Transition to Technical Assistance (SMART TA) project. SMART TA is a five-year initiative funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and managed by FHI 360. The project in Vietnam strives to ensure the provision of quality, comprehensive and sustainable HIV…
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End Neglected Tropical Diseases (END) in Asia — Vietnam (brief)
January 2015 — This brief provides information on activities undertaken in Vietnam by the End Neglected Tropical Diseases (END) in Asia project. END in Asia is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and is directed from FHI 360’s Asia and Pacific regional office in Bangkok, Thailand. FHI 360 works with Vietnamese government partners…
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Nutritional Status of Adults with HIV in Outpatient Clinics in Vietnam Assessment Report
May 2014 — This report examines the results of a study that assessed the nutritional status, food consumption and factors affecting nutritional status among adults living with HIV in Vietnam. The study was conducted in 2011 by the National Institute of Nutrition, with support from FHI 360’s Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III (FANTA) project, which…
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Building Rapid Community Response Networks to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights Abuses among Vulnerable Populations and PLHIV
2014 — The Rapid Community Response system in Ghana is a system that provides an interface for those at an increased risk for HIV and people living with HIV to access appropriate health, legal and police protection when abused, threatened or harmed. This poster, by FHI 360’s Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership with Evidence-Based Results (SHARPER) project,…
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Improving the Detection of HIV Cases: Creating a Partnership between Traditional Health Practitioners and the Public Health Care System in Ghana
2014 — This poster, by FHI 360’s Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership with Evidence-Based Results (SHARPER) project, describes the process of engaging traditional health practitioners as partners with the public health sector and creating a patient-referral network to improve the detection of HIV cases at spiritual camps in Ghana.
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Facebook over Face-to-Face Time: Using Social Media to Access Hard-to-Reach Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ghana
2014 — This technical brief, by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and FHI 360’s Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership with Evidence-Based Results (SHARPER) project, highlights why social media is an important tool for reaching men who have sex with men who may not otherwise be reached by traditional HIV prevention outreach activities led by peer…
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A Social Network Strategy to Increase HIV Counseling and Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men
2014 — This technical brief, by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and FHI 360’s Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership with Evidence-Based Results (SHARPER) project, describes the implementation of an innovative pilot intervention that utilized a social network strategy in Ghana to reach men who have sex with men. The results highlight the importance of reaching…