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We start with women's health, but we don't stop there.
Maternal HealthTBThought Leadership
June 20th, 2025

Tuberculosis: An Overlooked Threat to Pregnant Women

Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, and a hidden threat to pregnant women. In countries like Lesotho, where TB and maternal deaths intersect, failure to act costs lives. Discover why integrated, person-centered care is essential to ending TB.

HIVPrePPreventionThought Leadership
June 16th, 2025

PrEP in 2025: Bridging the Gap Between Innovation and Access

(PrEP) has achieved remarkable scientific progress, yet access remains deeply inequitable and is now at a heightened threat to further be underfunded or not funded at all.

BreastfeedingHIVNewborn HealthPrePThought Leadership
March 25th, 2025

A New Tool to Keep Breastfeeding Moms Safe from HIV Infection

A recent article in The Lancet HIV describes results of a study on the safety of the dapivirine vaginal ring for preventing HIV in breastfeeding mothers—and consequently protecting their babies, as well.

A woman attends a meeting with a mentor mother, a RISE-supported community relay who helps pregnant women living with HIV to maintain treatment adherence. Photo by Arthur Francisco for ICAP
BurundiHIVRISEStory
December 6th, 2024

RISE-Burundi Celebrates Five Years of Reaching Milestones Toward HIV Epidemic Control

After five years, the Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control (RISE) program in Burundi has ended, leaving behind a legacy of person-centered HIV prevention, care, and treatment.

Kishiwa Shiku posing with a VMMC brochure at his home place in Tabora region.
HIVPrimary Health CareStoryTanzania
December 6th, 2024

A Transformative Journey: Kishiwa Shiku’s Success Story of Health and Empowerment

For many years, Kishiwa Shiku, a resident of Tabora Region in Tanzania, firmly believed that male circumcision was a harmful practice that could lead to impotence and reduce a man’s sexual vitality.