BEST WISHES FOR 2025!
2 January 2025
All the Solthis teams wish you a very Happy New Year 2025! May 2025 reflect our common aspirations: a world of greater unity, peace and justice, where health is a right for all! Discover our animated card Read more
WORLD AIDS DAY 2024
3 December 2024
SIERRA LEONEFighting HIV / AIDS
Four ways Solthis is promoting the Rights Path According to UNAIDS, the substantial progress that has been made in the HIV response is directly linked to progress in protecting human rights. In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2024, with the theme “Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!”. Solthis highlights 4 key ways it has been promoting the rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV – especially including people who have been most excluded and... Read more
World AIDS Day: Solthis continues its commitment to self-testing
1 December 2024
COTE D'IVOIREMALISENEGALFighting HIV / AIDS
Since 2018, Solthis has been committed to introducing and dispensing HIV self-testing. A major innovation in patient empowerment, HIV self-testing allows everyone to choose when, where and with whom they find out their HIV status. Funded by Unitaid, with additional funding from Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the ATLAS project, implemented between 2018 and 2022 in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal, initially focused on setting up a self-testing offer aimed at key populations and... Read more
World Day Against Gender Violence
22 November 2024
Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This 25 November is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to combating gender-based violence (GBV), which has a profound effect on the health and well-being of women and girls, particularly among vulnerable populations. GBV is a violation of human rights and an obstacle to gender equality. In Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, two drop-in-centres (DICs) have been set up with our partners to care for key populations, including sex workers, as part of the POUVOIR project. These centres provide a... Read more
Closure of the THIELLAL project
20 August 2024
The first One Health project implemented by Solthis, THIELLAL came to an end in June 2024, after three years of implementation with AVSF as the lead and Casades in Senegal.. Funded by the Agence Française de Developpement (AFD), Thiellal aimed to create a favorable environment for community action to address the determinants of the unique health of populations, animals, and the environment, with a view to an agroecological transition and better health in the Vélingara region. It... Read more
Launch of Ablogui’s Gqui Ose application in partnership with Solthis as seen by Média Guinée.com
4 June 2024
GUINEAPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Friday, May 24, 2024, the Association des Blogueurs de Guinée (ABLOGUI), in partnership with Solthis, launched its mobile application GquiOse! Developed as part of the PAJES project, this application aims to improve the Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health of young people and to fight against gender-based violence through dematerialized channels. GquiOse offers a wide range of functions: read articles; take a quiz; track your menstrual cycle; join a forum; view testimonial videos; locate... Read more
A recap of our presence at the AFRAVIH 2024 conference
16 May 2024
Fighting Covid-19Fighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseasesPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Solthis participated in the 12th International Francophone Conference on HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health (AFRAVIH), held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. On this occasion, a delegation of 17 Solthis team members was mobilized to lead a symposium dedicated to the SANSAS project, as well as to present five oral communications, four posters and our actions on our stand. Find out more about our presentations (in french) Introduction of the HIV/syphilis duo test: the challenges of triple elimination... Read more
The share project, by two local newspapers in Sierra Leone
15 April 2024
Read the articles published by two local newspapers Awoko and Standard Times about the launch of the SHARE project in Sierra Leone. Read more
OH WOMAN: The game aims to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues among teenagers and young people.
12 April 2024
GUINEAPromoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Solthis, in partnership with OH WOMAN®, has launched the game of the same name in West Africa. Inspired by awalé, a traditional West African game, OH WOMAN® offers a playful and effective approach to raising awareness among adolescents and young people about the crucial issues of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). For the Solthis teams, this game is a particularly useful teaching tool for our sexual and reproductive health (SRH) projects. In partnership with the publisher, we have... Read more
The Conference-Debate organized by Solthis and its partners on Intergenerational Dialogue as seen by Guinea 360
12 April 2024
As part of the PAJES project, and to celebrate Women's Month, Solthis and its partner ABLOGUI organized a conference-debate on intergenerational dialogue in Guinea. Read the Guinée 360 article about this event and its impact on the community. Read the Guinea 360 article covering this event and its impact on the community. Read more
The PACTES study on advances in HIV care published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health
12 April 2024
GUINEAFighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseases
Our latest study on the PACTES project has been published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health. Studies on the organization of care and the power dynamics between providers and HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa are rare. This study aims to describe the patient-provider relationship and explore the challenges of optimal, patient-centered care for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Integrating psychosocial counselors into the organization of HIV care, improving access to ARVs, the availability... Read more
What if drones saved lives?
27 March 2024
GUINEAFighting HIV / AIDSInfectious and emerging diseases
The AIR-POP project aims to optimize the screening and management of HIV-exposed newborns by studying the feasibility of transporting blood samples by drone. A child's chances of survival depend on early treatment, which is often hampered by the late availability of screening results. Obtaining results is limited by the difficulty of transporting blood samples between health centers and the laboratory in charge. Transporting these samples by drone would reduce delivery time and optimize... Read more
