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Becoming a Family
Published January 6, 2025
Daniel, a boy living in southwest Uganda, began to fall ill in his early years of life. Eventually, his mother took him to Kisoro Hospital, where he was diagnosed with HIV. Initially, Daniel responded well to medication and achieved viral suppression—meaning that HIV became undetectable in his blood. …
Topics:
General,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Uganda
Story
Walking the Path to Wellness
Published January 1, 2025
Patricia Mbabazi’s smile fills the room as she attentively listens to Mahoro Florah, a matron at her school in Kisoro—in southwest Uganda, near the Rwanda border. Patricia, 16, is alive and healthy today, but it has been a difficult path to well-being—with Mahoro alongside her for much of…
Topics:
General,
Orphan and Vulnerable Children,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Uganda
Story
Hope for a Cure
Published November 11, 2024
When Elina Mwasinga was growing up in Malawi, HIV was considered a death sentence. So when she learned she was living with the virus during her first year of university she was scared and unsure where to turn. But her story set her on a path from doubting conventional treatment…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
The Value of a Birth Certificate
Published November 5, 2024
A health information system provides many benefits for citizens and their government—for instance, helping to implement a uniform process for recording births or deaths. This provides the government with valuable information for decision-making about education, health, and other national issues. It enters children into a system that can then…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
Faster Lab Results Mean Faster Treatment
Published November 5, 2024
An HIV program inherently depends on laboratories to process tests and blood samples. Timely results hasten treatment. In Malawi, the lab system relies on a hub-and-spoke model. Central facilities, hubs, have fully equipped labs and the facilities without labs send samples to the hubs for testing. Then results…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
Life Saving Infrastructure
Published November 5, 2024
As EGPAF began the process of building out the electronic medical records system, they faced two major challenges; bandwidth and electricity. “Apart from the EMR, we had to also look at infrastructure and the network,” says Charlie Maere, the Global Digital Health and Data Analytics director at EGPAF. Power…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
A Vital Reservoir
Published November 5, 2024
A fully supported electronic medical record system requires a central database so that the information is available for many uses—from tracking patients at the clinic level to national reporting and analysis of health trends. With EGPAF’s support, Malawi’s Ministry of Health now maintains a centralized data hub, known as the data…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
A Mother on a Mission
Published November 4, 2024
Jane Emmanuel has been an activist, volunteer, teacher, and friend. But her newest title, mother, has transformed her life. As peer supporter, she spent years helping other young women navigate their HIV status. But when she became pregnant with her own daughter, she had to put her knowledge to…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Tanzania
Story
Power of Love
Published October 28, 2024
Brian Ahimbisibwe, grew up dreaming of love. But as a young man living with HIV, he wondered if love was possible. Pushing back against stigma, Brian fought for his dreams. Today, Brian is using his experience to help other young people love themselves and find support. A ‘Big Bro’…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Uganda