The challenges of evaluating injectable HIV antiretroviral drugs in West Africa
14 April 2025
Community mobilisation and health promotionGOVERNANCE AND HEALTH POLICIESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMFighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseases
Long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatments represent a major advance in the fight against HIV. Already in use in Europe and North America, they simplify treatment and improve quality of life for people living with HIV. But in West Africa? Nothing yet. Research carried out by the CRCF, IRD and Solthis to evaluate their effectiveness in real life in Senegal has been blocked for over 2 years: it has been impossible to obtain the drugs. The laboratories refuse to supply them. This blockage is... Read more
Closure of the AGIR project: Assessment and outlook over 3 years of activity
4 April 2025
CAPACITY BUILDINGCommunity mobilisation and health promotionInfectious and emerging diseasesPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
With the support of the Programme National Santé Scolaire - Sante Adolescent.es et Jeunes (PNSSU-SAJ) and the Programme National de la Santé Maternelle et Infantile (PNSME), we organized a closing workshop for our AGIR project, funded by AFD, on March 26 in Abidjan. This project aimed to improve the rights and access to sexual and reproductive health services of adolescents and young people in Côte d'Ivoire. After three years of action in five Abidjan health districts, the workshop provided... Read more
Cervical cancer control: joint efforts to raise awareness among young people in Conakry, Guinea
11 March 2025
GUINEACommunity mobilisation and health promotionInfectious and emerging diseasesPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
On March 7, Dr. Comoé Jean-Claude Kouassi, our SUCCESS 2 project coordinator, led an awareness-raising session on cervical cancer in high schools in Conakry, Guinea, at the invitation of the NGO Global Alliance for Health and Education. The aim of the session was to discuss the issues surrounding this disease with high school students. Report broadcast on Guinean national television (in French). Read more
Côte d’Ivoire: the end of American aid
6 March 2025
COTE D'IVOIRECommunity mobilisation and health promotionFighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseases
On February 26, the US government announced that it was cutting 5,800 USAID grants and canceling 4,100 State Department subsidies to 92% of its development agency's overseas programs. The stated aim: to save “nearly $60 billion” for American taxpayers. These savings will come at a high price for the recipients of this aid, particularly in Africa. And a threat to the fight against HIV on the continent. For example, in Côte d'Ivoire, a country heavily dependent on funding from... Read more
Donation of medical equipment to health centers in the Mbour region
3 March 2025
SENEGALCapacity building and empowermentCommunity mobilisation and health promotionSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
On February 20, 2025, health centers in the Mbour region received a batch of medical equipment to improve care for mothers and newborns. The donation, the result of a partnership between our Sansas project and local authorities with the support of the Bank Of Africa Foundation, benefits fifteen health facilities in the region. The aim is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in the area. Amama Moussa Diao, Regional Health Director, talks to Mbour FM about the content of the donation and... Read more
Launch of the SENEYA project in Sédhiou
3 March 2025
SENEGALCapacity building and empowermentCommunity mobilisation and health promotionPromoting One health
The “Seneya” project, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Sanofi Foundation, aims to strengthen the resilience of communities and healthcare systems in the face of climate change. Launched and implemented in Sédhiou, the Seneya project will focus on training people in climate change issues and strengthening local health systems. In this interview with Radio Télévision Sénégalaise, Karel Nana, program coordinator for Solthis Sénégal, discusses the project's... Read more
Seneya project launched in Sédhiou, Senegal
3 March 2025
SENEGALCapacity building and empowermentCommunity mobilisation and health promotionPromoting One health
The “Seneya” project, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Sanofi Foundation, aims to strengthen the resilience of communities and healthcare systems in the face of climate change. Launched and implemented in Sédhiou, the Seneya project will focus on training people in climate change issues and strengthening local health systems. In this interview with Radio Télévision Sénégalaise, Karel Nana, program coordinator for Solthis Sénégal, talks about the project's... Read more
BEST WISHES FOR 2025!
2 January 2025
All the Solthis teams wish you a very Happy New Year 2025! May 2025 reflect our common aspirations: a world of greater unity, peace and justice, where health is a right for all! Discover our animated card Read more
WORLD AIDS DAY 2024
3 December 2024
SIERRA LEONEFighting HIV / AIDS
Four ways Solthis is promoting the Rights Path According to UNAIDS, the substantial progress that has been made in the HIV response is directly linked to progress in protecting human rights. In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2024, with the theme “Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!”. Solthis highlights 4 key ways it has been promoting the rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV – especially including people who have been most excluded and... Read more
World AIDS Day: Solthis continues its commitment to self-testing
1 December 2024
COTE D'IVOIREMALISENEGALFighting HIV / AIDS
Since 2018, Solthis has been committed to introducing and dispensing HIV self-testing. A major innovation in patient empowerment, HIV self-testing allows everyone to choose when, where and with whom they find out their HIV status. Funded by Unitaid, with additional funding from Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the ATLAS project, implemented between 2018 and 2022 in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal, initially focused on setting up a self-testing offer aimed at key populations and... Read more
World Day Against Gender Violence
22 November 2024
Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This 25 November is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to combating gender-based violence (GBV), which has a profound effect on the health and well-being of women and girls, particularly among vulnerable populations. GBV is a violation of human rights and an obstacle to gender equality. In Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, two drop-in-centres (DICs) have been set up with our partners to care for key populations, including sex workers, as part of the POUVOIR project. These centres provide a... Read more
Closure of the THIELLAL project
20 August 2024
The first One Health project implemented by Solthis, THIELLAL came to an end in June 2024, after three years of implementation with AVSF as the lead and Casades in Senegal.. Funded by the Agence Française de Developpement (AFD), Thiellal aimed to create a favorable environment for community action to address the determinants of the unique health of populations, animals, and the environment, with a view to an agroecological transition and better health in the Vélingara region. It... Read more
