The World Health Organization released recommendations in 2015 to ensure all HIV-positive persons, regardless of disease status, initiated lifelong treatment. In this issue of Haba Na Haba, EGPAF explores the impact of this all-inclusive treatment protocol, best practices in growing treatment access in our own supported countries and charts a way forward to effectively implement these new guidelines in a variety of settings.
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Issue Briefs
Common Ground for Global Health Policy Brief: Mother-Baby Pair
Published November 2026
Introduction Within global health, the interconnected needs of mothers and children throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the postpartum period are widely recognized; however, healthcare services are rarely designed or delivered with the mother-baby pair as a single unit of care. The mother-baby pair is key to improving maternal and child health outcomes, and vitally important […]
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Topics:
Advocacy,
HIV,
Maternal and Child Health,
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
Countries:
Global
Journal Articles
Impact of a phased transition model on Advanced HIV Disease outcomes: A pre- and post-implementation evaluation study in Malawi
Published October 2026
A study from Malawi showed that transitioning AHD services to MoH leadership was associated with sustained key program outcomes and a significant reduction in mortality.
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Topics:
Advanced HIV Disease (AHD),
Technical Assistance
Countries:
Malawi
Poster
Programmatic Gaps Under Option B+: Factors Associated with Residual Vertical HIV Transmission in Malawi, 2020 – 2024
Published August 2026
In our study, vertical transmission was strongly associated with lack of ART at delivery and unsuppressed maternal viral load.
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Topics:
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),
Research
Countries:
Malawi