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This case examines BRAC's expansion of its rural tuberculosis (TB) program to the urban environment of Dhaka between 2002 and 2008. The case is a sequel to BRAC's Tuberculosis Program: Pioneering DOTS Treatment for TB in Rural Bangladesh. The case provides background information about Dhaka and describes what TB services existed at the time. The case then describes the expansion of BRAC's TB program into Dhaka, and details innovations in the urban program. Students should…

This brief report, published by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), provides data and  infographics about the disproportionate HIV burden faced by adolescent girls and young women, and describes how gender inequalities and discrimination further compound their vulnerabilities to HIV. Adolescent girls and women—particularly those who experience gender-based violence, are sexually exploited, or use drugs—are often underserved by services and underrepresented by policies and investments. The report outlines the ways in which many…

This case traces the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH) in Eldoret, Kenya. The case opens with a discussion of AMPATH’s new Home-Based Counseling and Testing Program (HCT) and its prospects for improving HIV care in Western Kenya. After providing some background on the general political, economic, and health situation in Kenya, it follows the development of the founding organization, the Indiana University – Moi University (IU-MU) Partnership, from 1990 to…