News & Events

Check out the new PEPFAR Watch website - a one-stop-shop for all information you need to support holding PEPFAR accountable to communities.

The World Health Organization has released new clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care on 17 March 2021. New recommendations include actions that countries can take to improve the delivery of HIV testing, treatment and care services by providing greater options for differentiated approaches.

Check out the People's COP21 reports from Kenya, Malawi and South Africa, which outline the community recommendations for PEPFAR Country Operational Plans (COPs) 2021.

Watch this recent interview with Patricia Asero, HIV Advocate in Kenya.

Discover curated examples of COVID-19 DSD model adaptations from different countries across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Read this advocacy brief from the EPiC and LINKAGES projects, which summarizes insights and recommendations from key population-led and trusted community-based organisations, who have advanced differentiated service delivery models in response to COVID-19.

Register for the webinar co-hosted by CQUIN and the IAS "Can our antiretroviral therapy supply chain support truly person-centered DSD?" which will take place on the 4 May.

Register for the next EpiC webinar "Leveraging decentralized drug distribution models to meet the HIV treatment needs of children and adolescents living with HIV" which will take place on the 20 May.

Watch this space for a recording of the most recent EPiC Decentralized Drug Distribution (DDD) learning collaborative session, which took place on 8 April.

Multimonth dispensing of up to 6 months of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi and Zambia (INTERVAL): a cluster-randomised, non-blinded, non-inferiority trial (Hoffman, R. et al., May 2021)

Antiretroviral therapy dispensing for patients who are clinically stable (Sibanda, E. and Taegtmeyer, M., May 2021)

Economic evaluation of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Lesotho: costs to providers and patients (Nichols, B., et al., April 2021)

Turning threats into opportunities: how to implement and advance quality TB services for people with HIV during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond. (Roberts, T, et al., March 2021)

Expanding the Vision for Differentiated Service Delivery: A Call for More Inclusive and Truly Patient-Centered Care for People Living With HIV. (Ehrenkrantz P, et al., February 2021)

Twenty‐four‐month outcomes from a cluster‐randomized controlled trial of extending antiretroviral therapy refills in ART adherence clubs, (Cassidy T et al., December 2020)

Differentiated Service Delivery for HIV Treatment: Summary of Published Evidence (IAS, November 2020)

Retention in care and viral suppression in differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment delivery in sub‐Saharan Africa: a rapid systematic review (Long L et al., November 2020)

Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial (Barnabas RV et al., October 2020)