News & Events

Join ICAP’s Elaine Abrams, MD, for a CQUIN Network webinar, Wednesday, November 28th at 9:00 a.m. EST.

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.

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.

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.

Rose Kolola Nyirenda, PhD(c), is the director of the HIV Treatment Unit at the Malawi Ministry of Health, where she provides policy direction for biomedical interventions for HIV-related programs, including programs implemented by governments and other partners, such as local and international organizations. Ms. Nyirenda spoke to us about the delicate balance of implementing novel

In response to a request from Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care, CQUIN supported a study exploring barriers and facilitators to male engagement in community ART refill groups (CARGs). We sat down to talk with Joanne Mantell, Ph.D., one of the study co-investigators, about the preliminary findings, and how they might influence HIV service delivery in Zimbabwe and beyond.

Achieving the 90-90-90 goals requires health systems to provide services that work – and that clients want to use.

Dr. Mwamba is the Lusaka ART Coordinator at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), and an active member of the CQUIN Network. Last summer, he shared his insights on DSD, including the challenges of achieving quality care with limited resources, and the future of HIV care and treatment.

On May 2, 2018, the HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network hosted a discussion of three case studies on DSD models for urban populations. Presenters included Michael Odo, MBBCH, MSc, MPH (Malawi MOH); Phil Roberts, MBA (Project Last Mile); and Mpande Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya, BPharm, MClinPharm (CIDRZ).