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Emily Churchman

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About Emily Churchman

Role(s) / Profession(s)

  • Director (Site, Program, Project)

Organization

  • Support for International Change - SIC
    Website: http://www.sichange.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Tanzania, United Republic of About: SIC was founded in August 2002 with the dual goals of limiting the impact of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and training future leaders for global health and development. SIC currently works in rural villages in northern Tanzania, offering a comprehensive set of community based services to combat HIV/AIDS. SIC supports a Community Health Worker (CHW) Program, a Peer Educators (PE) Program in secondary schools, community-based health awareness campaigns, and mobile Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT). With a few pilot programs, in conjunction with the district hospitals, SIC supports mobile ARV clinics.

Work Location(s)

  • Tanzania, United Republic of

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Language(s)

  • English
  • French
  • Swahili

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    Emily Churchman replied to "How best to deliver HIV and complex disease care in rural settings?" in the Adherence & Retention community.

    Hello Rajesh, It is a very interesting project and thanks for sharing the report. In northern Tanzania where we work (www.sichange.org), there is pretty good HIV care and treatment at the district hospitals but a lot of positive people are living far away in rural areas. (Tanzania currently doesn't allow CHWs to distribute ARVs). We've had success with combining our CHW program with mobile care and treatment, where instead of bringing our clients into the ...

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August 26, 2008

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