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Accelerating empowerment of female sex workers in Angola

March 07, 2019

Reaching key populations with prevention, care, and treatment services is critical to Angola’s fight against HIV. Weekly peer support groups for female sex workers help address structural barriers, such as gender-based violence (GBV), that put them at higher risk for HIV infection. This work starts at ‘hot spots’, venues where female sex workers gather to meet or work.

MSH Develops Community Health Investment Case to Advance UHC in Burkina Faso

March 05, 2019

MSH collaborated with UNICEF and the Government of Burkina Faso to develop an investment case for community health services to reduce maternal and child mortality and achieve UHC.

Ukrainian MOH Introduces Health Technology Assessment Department

March 01, 2019
{Photo credit: Igor Dashevskiy}Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Roman Illyk, presents during the National Health Technology Assessment Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine.Photo credit: Igor Dashevskiy

A health technology assessment (HTA) is an evidence-based instrument to identify which medicines, medical devices, and treatment regimens are optimal for the state to support. It significantly reduces opportunities for corruption and helps countries move toward self-reliance in the health sector. A National Health Technology Assessment Forum took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 28, 2019, to further advance HTA as an important priority-setting tool for Ukraine’s health system. Photo credit: Igor Dashevskiy

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