Why you should join HAI’s Viva! Circle
ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND? → Join Viva! Now In 2020, HAI launched the Viva! Circle, a group of donors who commit to our shared values by way of a monthly gift to HAI. Importantly, there is no minimum monthly contribution to join the Viva! Circle, because we recognize...Maintaining Continuity of HIV Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an interview with Dr. Yacouba Doumbia
The interview below was originally conducted in French, and has been translated and abridged. The final write up was reviewed and approved by Dr. Doumbia. Imagine a medicine that you must take every day to stay healthy. Now imagine that your stock of this medicine is...
World AIDS Day 2016: A world without AIDS is within our reach
Thirty-five years ago, the world first came to know about a virus which would change the course of history and be responsible for more than 35 million deaths worldwide. Every December 1st, World AIDS Day, the world takes a moment to reflect upon the history of...
Balancing breastfeeding and work
Welcome to the final day of our celebration of World Breastfeeding Week! Earlier this week, we discussed the health benefits to mother and infant of breastfeeding, the needs of HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding, and HAI’s work around maternal and infant...
Why don’t more women breastfeed?
If you’ve been keeping up with our blog the past few days, you already know that we’re celebrating World Breastfeeding Week. We’ve discussed the health benefits to mother and infant of breastfeeding, the needs of HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding, and HAI’s...
HIV and Breastfeeding: Challenges and the way forward
Welcome back to our series for World Breastfeeding Week! So far we’ve covered the basics of breastfeeding as well as some of the main issues that women face in one of HAI’s countries, Timor-Leste. Today we’ll swing around the world to two other HAI countries, Côte...
Publication alert: Evaluation of an innovative new approach in Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire
A recent article published in the journal JAIDS takes a look at an innovative research study carried out in three African countries – two of them in countries where HAI works. HAI’s Dr. Sarah Gimbel and Dr. Alison Rustagi were the lead authors on this...
World AIDS Day 2015
In honor of World AIDS Day, Dr. Doroux Aristide Billy, HAI’s Country Director for Côte d’Ivoire programs, shared the following message: Chaque année depuis 1988 le monde entier consacre le 1er décembre pour faire le point sur la lutte contre la pandémie du...
World Malaria Day 2015
Guest Author: Ashton Kilgore, student – UW School of Medicine and Health Alliance International Volunteer Today is World Malaria Day! In order to shed some light on malaria in Côte d’Ivoire, we asked UW School of Medicine student Ashton Kilgore to share...World Health Day 2015!
Welcome to the second day of World Health Worker Week, where we here at HAI are taking a look at the many ways health workers – who are on the front lines of some of the world’s most pressing health challenges – work tirelessly to provide critical health services to...