Solthis launches the AFD “CAP” Program : “Capacities to strengthen the fight against HIV / AIDS in West Africa”
2 July 2019
MALISIERRA LEONESTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICEHUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTHHIV / AIDS
For the first time, Solthis has been selected to benefit from a three-year (2019-2022) AFD program agreement aimed at financing a range of field and cross-sectoral actions including capitalization, advocacy , communication and monitoring and evaluation for the fight against HIV / AIDS in Africa. This Program covers interventions specifically in Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone, but also aims to strengthen the capacities of all Solthis teams. It is based on the conjunction of 3 financings: the... Read more
Recognizing the role of the psychosocial support workers in the care system of people living with HIV
26 June 2019
GUINEAHEALTH SERVICEHIV / AIDS
In Guinea, the PACTES Project continues to organize workshops to exchange and sensitize caregivers, HIV care centres' personnel on the importance of the psychosocial support for PLHIV and the need to integrate the offer in the global HIV care system. On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, patients, Psychosocial Agents (APS), receptionists and caregivers from the Kankan Regional Hospital gathered to analyze an HIV-infected patient circuit to identify the different actors who intervene around the... Read more
Strengthening drug quality control to secure populations in French- speaking Africa
26 June 2019
BENINBURKINA FASONIGERSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESCAPACITY BUILDINGHUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTHHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMS
In French-speaking Africa, the lack of a pharmaceutical drug production unit obliges pharmaceutical wholesalers (public and private) to import almost all of their need for drugs with risks of major defects in pharmaceutical quality. In addition, the absence of a national laboratory to control the quality of functional drugs in line with international standards is a major handicap to the protection of the population and to the pharmaceutical of these developing countries. Since October 2018,... Read more
Sierra Leone : Inauguration meeting of the Empower II Steering Committee
25 June 2019
SIERRA LEONESTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICEADVOCACY
On 21st July 2019 in Sierra Leone, Solthis Sierra Leone launched the steering committee dedicated to support the implementation and enhance ownership for sustainability of the project Empower-phase II to improve the quality of HIV care in Sierra Leone. The committee gathers key stakeholders in fighting against HIV in Sierra Leone : National AIDS Secretariat (NAS), National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), National Leprosy and TB Control Programme (NTLP), UNAIDS, UNICEF, Network of HIV... Read more
Activity Report 2018: available now
18 June 2019
Find our new activity report 2018, to consult and download. Download the activity report 2018 Consult online Read more
Web documentary : Improving access to viral load testing for people living with HIV : How to create the favorable conditions?
14 May 2019 | web documentary, viral load
GUINEASTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESCAPACITY BUILDINGHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSHIV / AIDS
A web documentary retracing the activities of the OPP-ERA project and our partners to improve health care for people living with HIV through viral load testing, an essential exam to monitor the effectiveness of their treatment. To end HIV, 90% of patients must have an undetectable viral load. In Guinea, for the first time, access to this test is available in the public health system thanks to the OPP-ERA project! Beyond the technical solution to perform viral load testing in laboratories,... Read more
Launch of the projects ATLAS and MTV Shuga Babi in Côte d’Ivoire
13 May 2019 | HIV, ATLAS, launch
MALICOTE D'IVOIRESENEGALSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICEHIV / AIDS
Abidjan, May 7th 2019 Supported and funded by Unitaid, the ATLAS and MTV Shuga: Babi projects officially launched today in Abidjan. MTV Shuga: Babi is a TV show and multimedia campaign aimed at raising awareness of HIV/AIDS among young people in French-speaking Africa. The ATLAS project will provide HIV self-testing kits in Ivory Coast. ATLAS and MTV Shuga Babi are both supported by Unitaid and are two complementary projects in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with a particular focus... Read more
Niger-Mali : Today, young girls visit health centres to inform themselves on sexual and reproductive health
3 May 2019 | sexual and reproductive health, partners, youth health
MALINIGERSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESSexual and Reproductive Health
Youth health: Meet our partners NGO Walé, NGO ASDAP and NGO Lafia Matassa to know more about the impact of the project JADES in Mali and Niger. A project carried out in collaboration with Equilibres et Population since January 2016, in Bamako, Segou, Niamey and Maradi to promote sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Stanislas Dakono, ASDAP NGO , Focal point - JADES project: Although it is a drop of water in a bucket, the JADES project has helped to improve the... Read more
Improve the quality of HIV healthcare through optimal management of laboratory products
11 April 2019
BURUNDIGUINEACAMEROUNCOTE D'IVOIREHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSHIV / AIDS
From March 25th to the 29th, the staff involved in the management of laboratory inputs from each country, as well as OPP-ERA’s laboratory product supply consultants/experts, met in Abidjan for a capacity building workshop and had the opportunity to share experiences. The goal of this workshop was to facilitate the transmission, before the project’s end this year, of good practices and lessons learned to national leaders so that they can later share with local staff in each country, and that... Read more
SOLTHIS joins Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation to celebrate 2019 World TB day
26 March 2019
STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESCAPACITY BUILDINGOPERATIONAL RESEARCHLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSTUBERCULOSIS
Today Solthis joined MOH Sierra Leone in the presence of the Minister of Health, Honourable Dr. Alpha Tejan Wurie, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Amara Jamba, the Deputy CMO: Dr. Bash Taqi, Directors in the MOH, Programme Manager NLTCP, Dr. Lynda Foray and all TB stakeholders in Sierra Leone to celebrate the World TB Day 2019. Find below the statement by Dr. Lena MATATA, Solthis project manager of the TB-Speed project. Today SOLTHIS NGO joins the MOH and all of you, in making... Read more
TB-Speed project launches tuberculosis screening in children with severe pneumonia
24 March 2019
In commemoration of the World TB Day, the TB-Speed team is pleased to announce that its Pneumonia study has been launched in six countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia. On March 24, 1882, Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium causing tuberculosis (TB), paving the way towards diagnosing and curing this deadly disease. Almost 140 years after, TB still remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killer. Daily, 30,000... Read more
Empowering patients and health workers to improve quality of HIV care: a contribution to end HIV in Sierra Leone
5 March 2019
SIERRA LEONEHEALTH SERVICEHIV / AIDSTUBERCULOSIS
The project “Empowerment of users for improved quality treatment of HIV care in Sierra Leone”, also called the Empower Project, kicked off in early 2016 with the financial support of the French Developement Agency (AFD), Sierra Leone Health Ministry, the Paris City, foundations and private donators. It allowed Solthis to bring together Patients and Health Care Workers to engage in a constructive dialogue and capacity building process, which has resulted in breaking the primary barriers on... Read more
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