Strategy improvement workshop of viral load tests demand in Guinea
20 February 2017
GUINEALABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSSTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESFighting HIV / AIDS
Solthis, in partnership with Guinea National Program for Health Care and Prevention ( PNPCSP) held a workshop in Conakry from 14 to 16 February 2017 to reinforce the HIV viral load demand strategy in Guinea. The workshop was attended by 30 participants from CNLS (National AIDS Committee), PNPCSP, UNAIDS, MSF, HIV treatment centers, laboratories and associations of people living with HIV. Access to viral load tests for HIV-infected patients is one of the major... Read more
What impact on health systems after NGO’s projects have been completed ?
14 February 2017
STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICES
From 7 to 10 February, a colloquium organized by the Laboratory of Studies and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development (LASDEL) was held in Niamey with Montréal University collaboration to compare and discuss recent and ongoing research on neglected problems in public health systems in Africa. Louis Pizarro, CEO of Solthis, intervened on 9 February in the round table discussion on the challenge of sustaining progress in health systems once the NGOs' projects have been... Read more
Solthis at Pharma Event Tunisie
10 February 2017
HEALTH PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM
Organized for the firtst time, the fair is an opportunity for health professionals and pharmaceutical institutions to exchange and discover pharmaceutical, para-pharmaceutical and well-being research innovations. During this two-day event, Etienne Guillard, Director of Strengthening Health Systems and Services at Solthis is participating in the round table discussion dedicated to the Future of retail pharmacy . He will particularly discuss the role of pharmacists in... Read more
Sierra-Leone : Awareness-raising for HIV patients on the importance of properly taking ARV treatments
8 February 2017
Therapeutic Patient EducationFighting HIV / AIDS
Under Solthis supervision in Sierra- Leone, medical staff of the Freetown Military Hospistal organized awareness-raising sessions for patients living with HIV on adherence to ARV treatments. Supported throughout the year by Solthis medical team, the nursery staff relied chiefly on posters developed as part of the project Empower to educate HIV patients on the importance of properly taking their treatments and follow given instructions. The project Empower is funded by AFD (Agence... Read more
Solthis participated in the ” GLOBAL HEALTH, RESEARCH AND FRANCOPHONE AFRICA ” conference
20 January 2017
GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH POLICIES
The Ivorian and French governments, with the support of French research organizations, members of the Alliance for Life and Health Sciences (AVIESAN), organized on January 18th and 19th, 2017, two days conference, in Ivory Coast, on research in African French-speaking countries and its contribution to global health (more information : Press release - Abidjan hosts the PACCI Scientific Days). Louis Pizarro, CEO of Solthis,attended the first day of the conference (19th November) organized... Read more
JADES Project (Promoting the sexual health of adolescents) in Mali and Niger: feedback on sharing results and strategic planning workshops
29 December 2016
MALINIGERCAPACITY BUILDINGFighting HIV / AIDS
JADES Project aims to reduce new HIV infections and deaths and illnesses related to HIV and AIDS raising awareness in young people so that they can take charge of their own health. After the project launching workshops held in spring in Niger and in summer in Mali, the iagnostic phase took place in the two countries. The November strategic workshops allowed sharing the results and planning action for the months to come. In Mali These strategic workshops, held in Bamako from November 8 to... Read more
Training week for the 4 country coordinators of the OPP-ERA project
19 December 2016
GUINEALABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSFighting HIV / AIDS
The 4 country coordinators of the OPP-ERA project in Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea gathered in Solthis' headoffice in Paris from Decmeber 12 to 16 for a week of training. This week, the project managers of each consortium' member organizations, the OPP-ERA team based in Paris and the country coordinators were able to review all the stages of the implementation of Phase 2 of this project wich will extend until 2019. The week ended with the monthly Steering Committee of... Read more
World AIDS Day : photo contest of the ELSA platform
30 November 2016
On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, Elsa (Ensemble Luttons contre le Sida en Afrique) launch the 3rd edition of this photo contest in order to promote the "Centre de Ressources francophones sur le sida en Afrique". This contexte is opened to all the African associations partners of the ELSA platform. You can send your pictures by mail at: concoursphotoelsa@gmail.com before January 15, 2017. Your photos can illustrate an awareness session in a village, an intervention in schools, a... Read more
Solthis trained 50 doctors and biologists to research methods to conduct a study on HIV resistance to anti-retrovirals
22 September 2016
In the framework of the Grant of the Global Fund and at the request of CNLS, Solthis is coordinating the first investigation in Guinea at a national level on HIV resistance to anti-retrovirals, on compliance to antiretroviral treatment and on viral hepatitis. This investigation will be starting the 1st of October for 1 year. It will allow to gather information on 460 patients initiating a therapy based on anti-retrovirals in one of the 20 HIV care centers selected all over the... Read more
JADES Project: Kick-off workshops in Mali
8 September 2016
MALISTRENGTHENING SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SERVICESFighting HIV / AIDS
At the end of August, in the Aoua Keita facility of Bamako was held the kick-off workshop of JADES project in Mali. Under the chairmanship of Fadima Keita, Head of Youth and Adolescent Health division, the project was introduced to institutional partners, NGOs/associations, Medias, as well as technical and financial partners involved in youth and adolescent health. Lead by Solthis, this project was initially launched in April 2016 in Niger thanks to the financial support of the French... Read more
UNITAID extends OPP-ERA viral-load access initiative in Western and Central Africa for three years, implemented by a consortium of French partners: the ANRS, Expertise France, Sidaction and Solthis
2 September 2016
GUINEALABORATORIES AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMSOPERATIONAL RESEARCHFighting HIV / AIDSFighting tuberculosis
Official signing of OPP-ERA phase II in Solthis headquarters on September 1st 2016. Left to right : Claire Rekacewicz (ANRS), Lelio MARMORA UNITAID's Executive Director, Pr Christine Rouzioux, Arnaud Laurent (Expertise France), François Duprès (Sidaction) and Louis Pizarro (Solthis) UNITAID extends OPP-ERA viral-load access initiative in Western and Central Africa for three years GENEVA, PARIS- 1 September 2016 - UNITAID today committed a further US$ 14.7 million to the OPP-ERA project, a... Read more
Medical equipment for the infirmaries of the Niamey and Say prisons
25 August 2016
NIGERCAPACITY BUILDINGFighting HIV / AIDSFighting tuberculosis
As part of the project « Improvement of living conditions of prisoners in Say and Niamey », funded by the European Union and implemented by Solthis and its partner the Nigerien Association of Human Rights (ANDDH), Solthis team in Niger and the ANDDH have handed to the infirmaries of the Niamey and Say prisons medical equipment, in presence of the superintendent, the chief officer, the director of the reintegration and the Major of the infirmary. This donation of small medical equipment... Read more
