CCP’s Top Five Blog Posts of 2019
We look back at some of the top stories we told about CCP in 2019, and look forward to sharing more of CCP's great work in the new year.
Tag: HIV
Why Men’s Values Matter in Mozambique
CCP's team in Mozambique tries a new approach to getting men tested for HIV, one learned from the success of a CCP program in Cote d'Ivoire.
Study: Fear Keeps Men from HIV Testing
The primary barrier to getting men in Cote d’Ivoire tested for HIV is fear – fear not of the disease itself, but of the social and economic consequences that a positive diagnosis could bring, new CCP research suggests.
Remembering Elijah Cummings, 1951-2019
Elizabeth Serlemitsos reflects on a visit the late congressman made to a CCP project in Zambia more than 20 years ago on World AIDS Day.
Looking at HIV Treatment with a New Lens
Research suggests that comprehensively considering how HIV threatens many aspects of men’s lives – instead of just their health – could help more men initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART).
In Eswatini, Community Leaders Drive the Data
CCP is engaging with influential local leaders to help them collect data to make decisions that could reduce the nation's high HIV infection rate.
Helping Women of All Ages Prevent HIV Transmission
CCP, which leads a successful program designed to prevent HIV in adolescents and young women, has created a new program for women over 30.
Successful Caribbean Partnership to Live On
A successful partnership aimed at using knowledge management to unite the response to HIV in the Caribbean will continue even after CCP's K4Health project ends in September.
Large Study Finds No Link Between Contraception Methods and HIV
But the high rate of HIV infections, despite gold-standard care in the trial, is a call to action for improved HIV prevention and contraceptive choice for women that addresses social and structural factors influencing behavior.
‘Making Male Circumcision the Norm’ in Rural Mozambique
A CCP project increased five-fold the number of men in two Mozambican provinces undergoing circumcision in just two years. Circumcision is an HIV prevention strategy.