AIHA News Hub
In this section, you can access a range of information that will keep you up-to-date on all things AIHA, including press releases, newsletters, success stories, reports, and information about funding opportunities when they become available.
Our projects are dynamic, our partners are amazing, and we’ve got a lot of powerful stories to share about how they are making a real and sustainable impact on health systems in low- and middle-income countries around the globe!
A Welcome Message from AIHA’s Executive Director
Recalling the past 30 years, Dr. Inna Jurkevich, AIHA’s new Executive Director, looks to the future and wishes our friends, family, partners, and colleagues a new year filled with health and happiness for everyone, everywhere.
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Reflections from AIDS 2026: “Rethink. Rebuild. Rise”
At the conclusion of the 26th International AIDS Conference – which took place July 26-31 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – AIHA’s Executive Director Dr. Inna Jurkevich shares her key takeaways from the event, which drew some 7,500 scientists, clinicians, community workers, activists, policy makers, and thought leaders in the global battle against HIV and AIDS.
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AIHA Showcases Our 20-year Legacy of Health Systems Strengthening Successes in Ethiopia at CSO Week 2026
AIHA’s team in Ethiopia participated in CSO Week 2026 at the Addis International Convention Center March 5-7. The event brought together representatives from more than 120 civil society organizations (CSOs) from Ethiopia and Kenya.
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AIHA, EPSS Celebrate Graduation of Second Cohort of Leadership Trainees
AIHA, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service (EPSS), graduated the second cohort of 36 leadership trainees on December 25, 2025, in Addis Ababa.
Graduates successfully completed a program tailored to address EPSS’s institutional priorities through AIHA’s flagship Leadership Incubation Program for Health (LIP-H). The day before the graduation ceremony, AIHA and EPSS hosted a networking event for EPSS LIP-H alumni, including the second cohort of trainees.
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AIHA’s Abdullahi Abubakar Shares His Thoughts on Maintaining
Momentum After ICHSSA 3 Wraps Up in Nigeria
In late 2019, the Nigeria-based NGO Society for Family Health partnered with AIHA, the Save the Children Federation, and the Twinning for Health Support Initiative (THSI-N), a Nigerian NGO established by AIHA, to implement a five-year cooperative agreement with USAID titled the Integrated Child Health and Social Services Award (ICHSSA 3).
The goal of this project was to integrate evidence-informed strategies to enhance services, systems, and social support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Nigeria.
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IPHC-E’s Dr. Anteneh Zewdie Shares His Thoughts on AIHA’s
Primary Health Care Partnership in Ethiopia
The Director of Programs at the International Institute of Primary Health Care in Ethiopia discusses the impact of their four-year partnership to strengthen the country’s capacity to deliver quality essential, curative, and preventive services in the context of achieving universal health coverage and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals for health.
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A Vision for the Future of Clinical Training at Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines
Dr. John C. Añonuevo, Chairman of Philippine General Hospital’s Department of Medicine, shares his thoughts on what can be accomplished with support from the Dr. Joseph R. Masci Legacy Project, a two-year project AIHA launched in September 2024 with support from his family.
The goal of the project is to strengthen institutional and human resource capacity at two international hospitals – Debre Berhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia and Philippine General Hospital in Manilla.
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