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Community-Centered Clinical Services: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Implementing Key Population Programs in India
July 2014 — Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was a large-scale HIV prevention program for those at an increased risk for HIV in six Indian states and at major stops along the national highways. Community-centered clinical services were a primary component of the comprehensive HIV prevention package offered by the…
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Male Circumcision Consortium research briefs
August 2014 — The Male Circumcision Consortium (MCC) conducted research from 2008 to 2013 to inform the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in Kenya. This series of briefs presents the results of nine studies and their implications for Kenya’s VMMC program. Study findings were shared with members of the national and provincial task forces…
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FHI 360 Global Learning: Where We Work
August 2014 — FHI 360 works in more than 150 countries to bring innovative and evidence-based solutions to the most pressing development challenges in international education and leadership development. View this map to see where our Global Learning team currently works!
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Preventive Technologies Agreement (PTA) reports
August 2014 — Under the PTA collaboration, experts published multiple reports to highlight research and programmatic findings from studies on HIV prevention clinical trials, family planning, and HIV integration and support for field activities.
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Preventive Technologies Agreement (PTA) End-of-Project Report: Advancing the Science of HIV Prevention
August 2014 — In 2009, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded FHI 360 the five-year Preventive Technologies Agreement (PTA) to help develop selected HIV prevention technologies and strategies to advance the global HIV prevention and health agenda. FHI 360 and its partners generated knowledge about biomedical, behavioral and programmatic solutions to HIV and provided scientific support and technical…
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Engaging the Kenyan Media to Inform the Public about Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
July 2014 — The Male Circumcision Consortium’s media engagement strategy enabled the project team to build and maintain relationships with journalists, respond quickly to misinformation and encourage accurate, balanced reporting on voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya. This report describes the strategy, its implementation and the results.
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Communicating about Microbicides with Women in Mind (fact sheet)
2014 — The Communicating about Microbicides with Women in Mind project developed a two-page document highlighting the project’s major accomplishments, including details about the three project phases conducted in Kenya: 1) the landscape analysis, 2) the materials development and pretesting, and 3) the materials assessment and key results. This document also lists member organizations for the…
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Rapid Health Facility Assessments in Eight Nigerian States
2014 — Through the Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project, FHI 360 worked with the Government of Nigeria to conduct statewide rapid health facility assessments in eight states where HIV occurs at high rates. The researchers sought to determine the readiness of each state’s health system to support and deliver services for the…
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State-Level Operational Plans for Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria, 2013–2015
2014 — Through the Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project, FHI 360 provided technical assistance for the development of eight state-specific operational plans to strengthen services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and close coverage gaps by 2015. Each state-specific report outlines goals, objectives, targets and implementation approaches and is linked…
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Arise Program, 2014 International AIDS Conference, July 24, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Plenary 3
Arise Program partners will gather to discuss key HIV prevention activities, achievements and lessons learned from interventions targeting hard-to-reach populations.