Reducing Stigma Boosts HIV Testing Rates Among Men
“Ending stigma and discrimination is essential to halting the spread of HIV,” says CCP's Beth Mallalieu. The successful program was used in Mozambique.
Tag: HIV
Using Real-Time Results to Get the Right People Tested for HIV
“It’s quick and it’s easy. It reduces work for health workers and improves the client’s experience at the same time,” says CCP's Thomas Ofem. “It’s making decisions in real time and getting results.”
CCP Begins HIV Self-Testing in Côte d’Ivoire
“Many men are not going into the health centers. Somehow you need to bring the test to them,” says CCP's Danielle Naugle. “We need to make it as easy as possible for them to be tested."
Better HIV Counseling Needed for Younger Circumcision Clients in Africa
“I have heard some girls saying, 'We now want guys who are circumcised, we no longer want the uncircumcised ones as they may have [HIV/AIDS]’,” one uncircumcised 16-year-old from Zimbabwe told researchers.
CCP’s Newest Project Ramping Up Across the Globe
In the five months since the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs was awarded the five-year, $300-million Breakthrough ACTION project...
Read More
Let’s End It: On World AIDS Day, a Look at HIV in the Caribbean
The HIV/AIDS epidemic hit the Caribbean in the late ‘70s. By 2001, it had become the second-most affected region...
Read More
Reaching African Men at Risk for HIV: A Q&A with CCP’s Lynn Van Lith
Across Africa, women are more likely to be tested and treated for HIV and are more likely to stay on...
Read More
‘Now, People Demand HIV Testing Services’
Felix Chipoya had no background in health before he linked up with One Community, a comprehensive USAID-funded initiative to prevent,...
Read More
As HC3 Closes, New Chapter Opens
In 2012, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) embarked on a mission, backed by the United States Agency...
Read More
HIV Slowing in Swaziland, Where CCP Works to Prevent it
Although one of Africa’s smallest countries, Swaziland has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world. A 2017 survey found...
Read More