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02 Dec 2019

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.

Sanogo Fanhatama, right, shares what it is like to live with HIV in Cote d'Ivoire. He was diagnosed in 2013.

28 Oct 2019

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.

The late Elijah Cummings, black shirt in center of picture, watches a soccer match in Zambia on World AIDS Day in 1997.

23 Oct 2019

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.

A barber in Cote d'Ivoire shared information about HIV testing with his clients.

28 Aug 2019

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).

12 Aug 2019

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.

One of the women taking part in the new SuperTata program in Cote d'Ivoire.

05 Aug 2019

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.

CCP's Shanti Singh-Anthony, left, interacts with participants in a PANCAP workshop held in Trinidad and Tobago.

01 Jul 2019

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.

A health worker inserts a Jadelle implant into a client's arm. © 2015 Arturo Sanabria, Courtesy of Photoshare

13 Jun 2019

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.

A health worker shares information about voluntary male medical circumcision with youth in Mozambique.

13 May 2019

‘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.

Jackreen Chiphala, 13, is part of a soccer program led by CCP's One Community project. Photo by Nandi Bwanali

01 Apr 2019

Using Soccer to Teach About HIV Risk

“Young people find programming that doesn’t involve play to be boring. They have very short attention spans," says CCP's Thomas Ofem. "This program is designed to get kids moving and learning at the same time.”

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