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).
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).
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.
The Acting Executive Director of the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV speaks about her role ensuring the needs of people living with HIV are met; unanswered questions for key and priority populations; and CQUIN’s role in strengthening partnerships.
In late 2017, the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) launched the Laboratory Community of Practice (LabCoP) initiative to support lab systems strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa. Its initial focus will be on scaling up HIV viral load monitoring to achieve epidemic control. We spoke with Charles Kiyaga, MSc.; Pascale Ondoa, MD, PhD, MSc; and Legese A. Mekuria, PhD, MSc, MPH, about the crucial role that lab services play in bringing DSD to scale.
Video: Partnering to Advance Differentiated Service Delivery Maputo, Mozambique—The HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN) held its annual meeting from February 13-15 in Maputo, Mozambique. Representatives from ministries of health in nine CQUIN countries gathered, along with implementing partners, donors, civil society, and UN agencies, to review lessons from the first year of CQUIN,
Swaziland has taken a proactive approach to scaling up differentiated service delivery (DSD). Since joining the HIV Coverage, Quality, and Impact Network (CQUIN) in 2016, the Ministry of Health has established systems for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of DSD models; participated in the network’s first south-to-south learning visit; and bolstered their monitoring and evaluation
Dr. Aleny Couto has spent the last six years leading efforts to curb Mozambique’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. As director of STI and HIV/AIDS Programs at the Mozambique Ministry of Health, Dr. Couto is in charge of designing public health policies and strategies to attain HIV epidemic control. According to Dr. Couto, differentiated service delivery is an important part of addressing the epidemic.
Dr. Nomthandazo “Nomthi” Lukhele is the National ART Coordinator for Swaziland’s National AIDS Programme (SNAP) at the country’s Ministry of Health. Dr. Lukhele spoke with us about how differentiated service delivery (DSD) is changing the HIV care and treatment landscape in Swaziland, and about CQUIN’s role in helping SNAP explore new approaches to one of their top priorities: monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
The network is seconding staff to ministries of health to spearhead the expansion of DSD at national scale. This is one of many efforts by the learning network to help partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa reach the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets and achieve epidemic control. Dr. Clorata Gwanzura, pictured here, is working toward scale up in Zimbabwe.
