Partner notification is a voluntary process where trained service providers ask HIV-positive index clients about their sexual partners, their drug-injecting partners, and their children. Then with the consent of the HIV-positive index client, the service provider offers these partners (and children, where applicable) voluntary HIV testing. This training course is designed for HIV testing providers […]
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SSQH Program Briefs
MCSP’s Services de Santé de Qualité pour Haiti (SSQH) project is working in close conjunction with the Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population or MSPP) and all 10 of the country’s health departments (Direction Départementale de la Santé or DDS) with the overarching goal of facilitating a sustainable health […]
Finding the Undiagnosed: Partner HIV Testing in Namibia
In Namibia, finding individuals not yet diagnosed with HIV and linking them to care and treatment services is a national priority […]
In Haiti, HIV Peer Educator Inspires Hope
Also HIV-positive, Pierre Tenor encourages fellow HIV patients to live and fight, bringing them doses of both medicine and counsel. […]
Community-Based HIV Testing and Counseling in the Health Extension Program
MCSP is currently implementing a multifaceted project to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in delivering community-based HIV testing and counseling through the national Health Extension Program (HEP). This initiative is aimed at capacitating the MoHSS with regard to community-based HTS by reducing its reliance on partners. This report is an evaluation […]
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) toolkits, products of the Population Council’s FRONTIERS program, provide healthcare providers serving clients in areas with high rates of HIV and STIs with complete, high-quality family planning counseling information and materials. (For more information on these tools, visit the Population Council website.) MCSP supported the French translation of this […]
Getting the message home: Advocacy for health accountability in Uganda
Our slogan is: “Where everyone is accountable, everyone wins.” […]
HIV and TB Fact Sheet
Features key facts and Program work in HIV and TB. […]
Say no to stigma: The critical role of key populations in the development of community-based services
While we have seen huge gains over the past 20 years, worldwide responses to the HIV epidemic are still failing to address the needs of many groups. […]
Strengthening HIV linkage and retention through improved community & facility collaboration in Botswana
USAID ASSIST work in Botswana demonstrates the potential role communities can play in improving community and facility collaboration. […]