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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).

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