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The Dolutegravir Transition in West Africa: Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps
On Tuesday, February 5, 2022, CQUIN in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, CHAI, convened a ...

Perspectives on Differentiated Service Delivery from Burundi: Ange Mizero, Benjamin Nicayenzi, and Janvière Nzorijana on Creating Diverse Models for Burundi’s Recipients of Care
Ange Josette Mizero is ICAP Burundi’s new quality improvement and quality assurance lead with extensive experience ...

Ghana’s Community ART Dispensing Strategy Inspires Sierra Leone to Enhance Involvement of Recipients of Care in their HIV Response
Ghana grabbed Sierra Leone’s attention at the 5th CQUIN annual meeting by sharing its strategy of using community ...

Ethiopia Team Reflects on Country’s DSD Achievements Over the Past Year
In Ethiopia, 25 participants joined this year’s CQUIN annual meeting at a virtual watch meeting in Addis Ababa. On ...

CQUIN’s Year 5 Evaluation Shows High Impact
A formal external evaluation by the Clear Outcomes management consulting firm found the CQUIN network to be an ...

Burundi Learns from Côte d’Ivoire’s Experience Implementing Community-Based DSD Models
“This is the first time we’ve had two PNLS directors at a south-to-south exchange,” said Rachel Mudekereza, MD, ...

“We Continue to Diversify our DSD Models,” Simplice Koffi Bohoussou’s Perspectives from Côte d’Ivoire
Simplice Koffi Bohoussou, PhD, MBA, is an assistant in the Care and Treatment Department of Côte d’Ivoire’s ...

Session 2 – From WHO Service Delivery Guidelines to Reality: Supporting Out-of-Facility Initiation and Re-engagement in Care
In the second session of this series, panelists discuss out-of-facility initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) ...

Session 1- From WHO Service Delivery Guidelines to Reality: Extending Eligibility for Established on Antiretroviral Therapy
In July 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an update of “Consolidated Guidelines on HIV ...

CQUIN Key Populations Meeting Highlights Innovations, Gaps, and Challenges
The CQUIN network in collaboration with the South-to-South Learning Network (SSLN) convened over 800 people ...

CQUIN Supported South-to-South Visit to Nigeria Motivates Liberia to Expand its Community DSD Pharmacy Model within a Year
Liberia’s National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCP) is actively planning the scale-up of its community-based ...

Perspectives of Differentiated Service Delivery with Dr. Saidi Karemangingo: “My Focus is to Improve Burundi’s DSD Dashboard”
Saidi Karemangingo, MD, is the national DSD technical advisor in Burundi, seconded to the Burundi Ministry of ...

Perspectives – Interview with Dr. Rudo Kuwengwa, CQUIN’s New Regional Clinical Advisor: “CQUIN Has Made Tremendous Strides!”
Rudo Kuwengwa, MD, MPH, joins CQUIN as a Regional Clinical Advisor for East and Southern Africa providing ...

CQUIN Shines at IAS 2021
The CQUIN network was well represented at IAS 2021, as network participants drew upon their experiences over the ...

“Involve us in Policy!” – Perspectives on Differentiated Service Delivery from Robinah Babirye, Mother, Youth Advocate, and Recipient of Care from Uganda
Robinah Babirye is a recipient of care and program officer with the African Young Positives Network, a Ugandan ...