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
A recap of our presence at the AFRAVIH 2024 conference
16 May 2024
Fighting Covid-19Fighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseasesPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Solthis participated in the 12th International Francophone Conference on HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health (AFRAVIH), held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. On this occasion, a delegation of 17 Solthis team members was mobilized to lead a symposium dedicated to the SANSAS project, as well as to present five oral communications, four posters and our actions on our stand. Find out more about our presentations (in french) Introduction of the HIV/syphilis duo test: the challenges of triple elimination... Read more
March 8, 2024 – International Women’s Rights Day
12 March 2024
COTE D'IVOIREGUINEANIGERSENEGALCAPACITY BUILDINGSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
As every year on March 8, International Women's Rights Day, Solthis demonstrates its ongoing commitment to a feminist approach to healthcare. To mark the occasion, we posted content on our social networks highlighting the importance of access to sexual and reproductive health care and rights for all. We began with an interview with Ramata Baldé, a young ambassador from Guinea, member of Ablogui and General Secretary of the COPIL Jeunes of the PAJES project, who through her advocacy shows... Read more
Portrait: our caring citizens
14 February 2024
Interview with Dr Gabrièle Laborde-Balen Health anthropologist Dr Gabrièle Laborde-Balen has been working for over 20 years in West and Central Africa, mainly in Cameroon and Senegal. Associate researcher at IRD's TransVIHMI unit, her research focuses on HIV-related vulnerabilities: pediatric HIV, men who have sex with men and elderly people living with HIV. She shares about her experience as an expert in the implementation of our technical assistance for the situational analysis of... Read more
A look back at 20 years of Solthis in Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali and Niger
12 December 2023
After the head office team in Paris, it was the turn of our teams in the field in Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Mali to celebrate Solthis' 20th anniversary, accompanied by our institutional partners and the people on the field who play a central role in ensuring that our projects run smoothly. To mark the occasion, our Chief Executive Officer, Dr Serge Breysse, went to Freetown, where he joined Maurice Kwite, Country Director and the Deputy Minister of Planning . Then to Dakar,... Read more
November 25, 2023 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
12 December 2023
GUINEACAPACITY BUILDINGSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Every year on November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Solthis demonstrates its ongoing commitment to raising awareness and combating all forms of gender-based violence (GBV). #EVERYNOCOUNTS For a week, we broadcast content on our social networks highlighting our actions through our projects in the field linked to the fight against GBV: PAJES in Guinea, SANSAS in Senegal and POUVOIR in Côte d'Ivoire. Our campaign began with a video showing how Solthis... Read more
World AIDS Day: ATLAS strategy helps reduce new HIV infections
30 November 2023
GUINEAMALICAPACITY BUILDINGFighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseases
The research undertaken as part of the ATLAS project, carried out by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, continues to deliver the lessons learned from the project. After 11 articles published in scientific journals, two new studies will soon be published ("preprint"). Among them, the study led by Romain Silhol[1] "Assessing the potential population-level impacts of HIV self-testing distribution among key populations in Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal: a mathematical... Read more
Training of health personnel and care pathways for cases of gender-based violence
11 September 2023
CAPACITY BUILDINGSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
As part of the SANSAS project implemented by Solthis (lead), Equipop, Enda santé, LARTES and Raes, financed by Agence Française de Développement with co-financing from the L'Oréal Fund for Women for the Gender-Based Violence component, Solthis is strengthening its intervention strategy in the field of gender-based violence (GBV). Discover our two videos on the training of health personnel and on the care pathway for better management of GBV in the operating departments of the SANSAS... Read more
Activity report 2022
26 July 2023
Our activity report 2022 is available ! Discover our 2022 activity report Download the 2022 activity report in PDF format Read more
Sharing experiences with countries in the West Africa region and consultants involved in the development of new Global Fund grants.
29 March 2023 | ATLAS, Global fund, HIV, PrEP
The first submission window for the new Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (GFATM) grant cycle, GC 7, took place at the end of March. In this context, Solthis was invited to present its experience and expertise in supporting and deploying HIV self-testing and PrEP strategies in West Africa at the Preparing Funding Applications for the 2023-2025 Global Fund cycle workshop organized by UNAIDS in Saly, Senegal, last December. The objective of the workshop was to share the... Read more
How the SANSAS project is improving technical knowledge and skills in SRH
20 January 2023 | SRHR
SENEGALCAPACITY BUILDINGSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Cathy Laetitia Mancabo has been the midwife of the Diallocounda health post in the department of Bounkiling since November 2021. Located 43 km from the health center of Bounkiling, this post operates for fourteen villages, three of which border Gambia. Solthis, through the SANSAS project, is the only non-governmental organization to intervene in this health service delivery point, which unfortunately does not have any endowment funds from the town hall. Having participated in the project's... Read more
Training for better care of gender-based violence victims in West and Central Africa
23 August 2022
COTE D'IVOIREGUINEANIGERSENEGALCAPACITY BUILDINGCapacity building and empowermentPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
From August 2 to 6, 2022, a training session was held in Saly, Senegal, for health workers and community actors, to improve the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) and the care of survivors in Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Niger. The training was organized by Solthis teams in collaboration with our Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights projects (SRHR): SANSAS, which aims to improve the reproductive health of young people in Senegal, PAJES in Guinea, which targets the... Read more
