Strengthening drug quality control to secure populations in French- speaking Africa
26 June 2019
BENINBURKINA FASONIGERCAPACITY BUILDINGHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMHUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTHLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICES
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 LEONEADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CARESTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICES
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 | viral load, web documentary
GUINEACAPACITY BUILDINGHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESFighting HIV / 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 | ATLAS, HIV, launch
COTE D'IVOIREMALISENEGALSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESFighting HIV / 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 | partners, sexual and reproductive health, youth health
MALINIGERSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
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
BURUNDICAMEROUNCOTE D'IVOIREGUINEAHEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSFighting HIV / 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
CAPACITY BUILDINGLABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSOPERATIONAL RESEARCHSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESFighting tuberculosis
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
SIERRA LEONEFighting tuberculosis
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 LEONEFighting HIV / AIDSFighting tuberculosis
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
Niger – Youth Health: feedback on the outreach approach and messages for better sexual and reproductive health
4 March 2019
NIGERADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CAREFighting HIV / AIDS
On February 3rd, 2019 in Niamey, young people engaged in promoting sexual and reproductive health rights among adolescents and other young people in Niger gathered with their supervisors and Solthis partner, Lafia Matassa, to discuss methods and messages used in their daily outreach towords other young people, parents and community leaders. A multi-stakeholder dialogue/ talks among young people: the keys of success to awareness-raising actions of the JADES project. ©Erwan... Read more
Guinea: What practices do health professionals provide for a better patient care experience?
28 February 2019
GUINEAADVOCACY FOR FAIR ACCESS TO QUALTITY HEALTH CAREFighting HIV / AIDS
February 18 through the 26th, 2019, the PACTES project "Patients-centered care and treatment" launched workshops and exchange groups with healthcare providers to analyze their professional practices to improve HIV care in Guinea and offer a better patient care experience. "The analysis of practices allows individual and team capacity reinforcement in the sense that it will lead to a discussion of his/her own professional practice in an HIV context. It offers a reflective and active... Read more
