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Uganda and Zambia Receive Funding to Adapt TB Preventive Treatment for Differentiated ART Models
Teams from Uganda and Zambia won the recent “Shark Tank” competition, which took place on the final day of the HIV ...
CQUIN Framework Helps Countries Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Differentiated Service Delivery
Since CQUIN's inception, M&E of DSD has been a top priority for member countries. In March 2018, CQUIN's M&E community of practice rolled out the Differentiated M&E Framework, and ministries of health in at least six CQUIN countries have used it to guide the development of national tools and strategies for M&E of DSD.
CQUIN South-to-South Visit Leads to New Differentiated Service Delivery Model and Improved Patient Services in Zambia
In June 2018, CQUIN supported a team from the Zambia MOH to participate in a south-to-south learning exchange hosted by the Eswatini National AIDS Program (ENAP) and ICAP in Eswatini. What they saw was a revelation.
In Ethiopia, A Focus on Multi-Month ART Scripting at Scale Pays Off
Many countries have shifted to three-month multi-month scripting (MMS), but few provide six months’ worth of ART at one visit. Ethiopia is the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to implement six-month MMS at scale and has learned lessons that can inform other countries as they adopt this approach.
Satvinder Singh – “Differentiated Service Delivery is the Way of the Future for HIV Services”
Satvinder (Vindi) Singh, a medical officer who leads TB/HIV and quality of care within the HIV Department at the World Health Organization, reflects on the recent CQUIN and WHO meeting on DSD for TB/HIV services.
CQUIN Workshop: HIV Differentiated Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges for TB Prevention and Care Lusaka, Zambia
The HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted “HIV ...
Perspectives – Dr. Mastidia Rutaihwa: “CQUIN is a Highly Effective Hub for Member Countries”
Dr. Mastidia Rutaihwa, a pediatrician and adolescent program officer at the Tanzania Ministry of Health, discusses her role as the DSD focal person, and how she thinks CQUIN can help them to provide client-centered care at scale.
Perspectives—ISHTAR’s Jeffrey Walimbwa on Improving HIV Services for Key Populations in Kenya
Jeffrey Walimbwa is an active member of CQUIN who advocates for the rights of marginalized groups to access health care. In partnership with the Kenya Ministry of Health, and with technical support from ICAP at Columbia, he’s conducting a survey to investigate barriers that community members face when they are accessing drugs or services at health facilities.
ICAP Study Highlights the Need for Innovative Differentiated Services to Improve Health Outcomes for People with Advanced HIV
Analyzing data from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania, the study team found a great need for innovative DSD models for persons living with HIV who have advanced disease. Chloe Teasdale, PhD, MPH, associate research scientist at ICAP and lead study author, discusses the study, which was published in the Journal of International Aids Society (JIAS) in December 2018.
CQUIN Network Overview and 2018 Highlights
In 2017, ICAP at Columbia University launched CQUIN. Over two years, the network has grown substantially and continues to receive strong support from ministries of health, implementing partners, recipients of care, civil society, and other stakeholders.
A Foundation for Achieving 95-95-95: ICAP’s Ruby Fayorsey on Test and Treat All
We sat down with Ruby Fayorsey, MD, MPH, deputy director of the Clinical and Training Unit at ICAP, to discuss ICAP's compendium of Test and Treat All resources focused on HIV testing, starting ART in the era of Treat All, DSD, and the implementation of routine viral load monitoring.
CQUIN Workshop Builds Capacity to Apply Quality Improvement Methodology to New Service Delivery Models
In September 2018, CQUIN convened a three-day interactive workshop with DSD implementers from four countries in—Malawi, Eswatini, Uganda, and Zimbabwe—in Lilongwe, Malawi, focusing on the use of quality improvement methods to enhance DSD.
Perspectives on Differentiated Service Delivery – Dr. Michael Odo: “CQUIN Breaks Down Boundaries”
Michael Odo, MB BCH, MSc, MPH, is the technical advisor for HIV care and treatment for the Department of HIV/AIDS, at the Malawi Ministry of Health. At CQUIN’s Science and Practice of Scale-up Workshop, Dr. Odo discussed Malawi’s successes reaching 90-90-90, the challenges ahead, and how CQUIN is helping the Ministry make the leap toward community-based care and treatment.
CQUIN Supports National Coordinators to Accelerate DSD Scale-Up in Network Countries
In February, CQUIN launched an online DSD community of practice designed to support DSD coordinators. Part of CQUIN’s diverse portfolio of activities to accelerate DSD scale-up, the community consists of ministry of health staff and DSD coordinators from 10 countries, who meet twice a month to share ideas on planning activities, discuss solutions to common challenges, and exchange tools and resources.
Eswatini, Kenya, and Malawi Observe TASO’s Rights-Based Approach to DSD in Uganda
CQUIN recently supported teams from Eswatini, Kenya, and Malawi to visit Uganda on a joint south-to-south learning exchange hosted by the Uganda Ministry of Health National AIDS Control Program. From June 10-14, the teams visited The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), a pioneer in Uganda’s HIV/AIDS response. The exchange included three field visits to observe Community Drug Distribution Points (CDDP) and Community Client-Led ART Delivery (CCLAD) and facility based DSD models.