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Integrating Comprehensive HIV And Cervical Cancer Services Saves Lives

Cervical cancer affects an estimated 527,624 women worldwide each year, killing more than half of them. About 85% of the global disease burden occurs in developing countries, and Southern Africa is one of the highest-risk regions in the world.

Aiming for the Three 90s: Strengthening Malawi's Response to HIV and AIDS

There are more than one million Malawians (HIV prevalence of 10.6%) living with HIV. Nearly 85% of people live in rural or hard-to-reach areas of the country and the sparsely located health facilities are unable to meet their needs.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Option B+ : A National Study

In 2011, Malawi pioneered an ambitious test-and-treat approach for pregnant and breastfeeding women, known as Option B+. Under this strategy, all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women are provided with lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of their CD4 count or clinical stage.

DRC IHPplus Fact Sheet on HIV Prevention and Treatment

The Integrated Health Project Plus (IHPplus) was implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from June 2015 to June 2018 by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. (OSC), under a subcontract via Pathfinder/Evidence to Action.

Developing a National Health Sector Client Registry in Tanzania

Unique identification is essential to progress toward meeting PEPFAR’s 95-95-95 goal. For people living with HIV, better program management means more timely testing and promotes continuity of service for lifesaving sustained ART. Providers can assess treatment regimens and their effectiveness toward achieving viral suppression.

TRACK TB End of Project Report

The TRACK TB project’s goal was to increase the case detection rate (CDR) and the treatment success rate (TSR) in focus areas to meet national targets for reducing the burden of TB, MDR-TB, and TB/HIV.

Developing an electronic medical record system in Tanzania

Despite making good progress toward digitizing client level data, the Government of Tanzania is still working to meet the latest global guidelines for HIV/AIDS programs. One major reason is that the country’s data collection and HIS do not efficiently deliver the quality information required for effective monitoring and planning.

Developing Quality Indicators for HIV Services and Treatment in Tanzania

The Technical Support Services Project (TSSP) worked with the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, the Elderly, and Children (MoHCDGEC) to support and strengthen the Star Rating Assessment (SRA) Tool system. The project integrated HIV/AIDS indicators into the tool to create more comprehensive assessments of the country’s health care facilities.

Strong partnership for improved TB and HIV indicators: IPT uptake and completion

The dual burden of TB and HIV infection has prompted global attention as well as WHO policies and guidelines.

Telephone monitoring to improve IPT uptake: Experience from Tigray, Ethiopia

Ethiopia is among high TB-HIV burden countries and uptake of live-saving treatment among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has remained low at the national level.

Technical Support Services Project Fact Sheet

The Tanzania Technical Support Services Project (TSSP) supports the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children (MoHCDGEC) and public health institutions in improving the health system to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control in Tanzania.

Index Case Testing in Angola Contributes to Increased HIV Case Finding

In support of the government of Angola's efforts to maintain the country’s relatively low HIV prevalence, MSH, under USAID Angola’s Health For All (HFA) Project (2017–2019) helped to establish a sustainable model for providing high-quality HIV and AIDS services through the prevention, care, and treatment continuum.To accelerate early HIV diagnosis and linkage to care, HFA support

Living Positively with HIV in Angola: The Role of Patient Assistant Facilitators in Improving Case Finding and Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment

To accelerate progress in early diagnosis and linkage to treatment of people living with HIV, the Health For All (HFA) Project in Angola trained and deployed 16 patient assistant facilitators (PAFs) across seven health facilities in Luanda.In support of the Government of Angola’s (GoA) strategic plan to accelerate early diagnosis of HIV, HFA supported initiatives to ensure that people living

Strengthening Services for People Living with HIV: Building an Effective, Integrated TB/HIV Approach in Angola

Until recently, TB and HIV have been treated separately under Angola’s National TB Control Program (NCTB) and the National Institute for the Fight Against AIDS (INLS).In support of TB/HIV service integration, the Health for All (HFA) project provided coordination and advocacy at the national level to align NCTB and INLS goals, infrastructural support to facilities to ensure that they have th

Strengthening Services for People Living with HIV: Integrating HIV and Family Planning Services in Angola

The Health For All (HFA) Project worked in partnership with the Government of Angola to integrate provider-initiated HIV testing services into family planning services in health facilities. To support the integration of FP and HIV services, HFA developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) based on each clinical intervention, job aids, and checklists and provided training to health prov

Health For All Project Brochure

The Health for All (HFA) Project (April 2017– September 2019) was funded by USAID, led by Population Services International, and implemented in partnership with Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and local partners Rede de Mulheres Angolanas and the MENTOR Initiative. MSH led implementation of the project’s work on HIV and AIDS at seven health facilities selected by the US Presi

Linking the Community to the Facility: Strengthening Services for People Living with HIV through Community Counselors in Angola

HFA works in support of the Government of Angola’s strategic plan to accelerate early HIV diagnosis and linkage to care through implementation of the Busca Activa Consentida Através do Caso Indice (BACCI) or index case testing and tracing (ICTT).

Implementing a Task Sharing Plan for Health Workers in Tanzania

The Technical Support Services Project (TSSP) worked with the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children (MOHCDGEC) to develop a comprehensive task-sharing (TS) plan for health workers.

Reaching the Three 90s: Establishing a Sustainable Model for HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment in Angola

The Health for All (Saúde para Todos) Project in Angola, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Population Services International (PSI), was launched in January 2017 to support the government’s efforts to increase quality health service delivery in the country.

LINKAGES Angola: Summary of Achievements

The Linkages across the Continuum of HIV Services for Key Populations Affected by HIV (LINKAGES) project was implemented in Angola in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), government stakeholders, and key population (KP) individuals, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Programmatic Mapping and Prevalence of HIV and other STIs among Key Populations of Angola: PLACE 2017 (Portuguese)

This study was designed to identify and map places where HIV transmission is most likely to occur in Angola, estimate the coverage of prevention services at these sites and characterize key populations in Angola, including estimating population size, prevalence and factors of risk to HIV.

Governance Roadmaps Toward Priority Health Targets

Health policy makers, program designers and implementers, and public health practitioners are often not aware of how to promote good governance and may not have the tools to influence governing bodies and their governance decisions.As strategic management tools, roadmaps force deep thinking, explain where teams are going, and subsequently help everyone stay on track.

Introducing District Health Data Profiles in Tanzania

The Technical Support Services Project (TSSP), implemented by Management Sciences for Health, works with the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children and the Presidents Office Regional Administration and Local Government to improve the country’s health information system.

Strengthening HIV Data and Use in Tanzania via a National Health Information Dashboard

To support Tanzania in obtaining, analyzing and using reliable data for informed health system decision making, the Tanzania Technical Support Services Project (TSSP), implemented by Management Sciences for Health, is supporting the development and integration of HIV/AIDS indicators into a new electronic health information dashboard for DHIS2, the national health information platform.

Building Blocks of Progress: Case Studies in Pharmaceutical Systems Strengthening

It takes a resilient pharmaceutical system working within and in support of a functioning health system to ensure access to products and services for the people who need them. Pharmaceutical system strengthening requires a coordinated response from policy makers to the dispenser at the local drug shop.