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Health outreach to nine support groups
Our HIV testing provider visited nine youth, women’s and microfinance groups to teach about HIV prevention, transmission and care.
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MASYAP at a workshop on sexual and reproductive health policy
Our HIV testing provider attended an Umunthu Foundation workshop on the laws and policies affecting young women’s access to sexual and reproductive h…
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Small loans, big impact: our microfinance programme
How MASYAP’s small loans help vulnerable women and young mothers feed their families, start businesses and stay healthy.
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Syphilis and hepatitis B: the key facts
What syphilis and hepatitis B are, how they spread, and how testing, treatment and vaccination protect you and your baby.
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Kicking AIDS Out: how netball helps prevent HIV
MASYAP uses netball and other sport to engage girls, share HIV/AIDS information and challenge stigma.
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Visiting women and young mothers in business
Follow-up visits show how members run their businesses and what challenges they face, so MASYAP can help them grow.
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HIV and hepatitis B testing during outreach, with quick referral to treatment
Members were offered HIV and hepatitis B tests and information on PrEP and PEP. Anyone diagnosed with HIV was referred straight away to start treatme…
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Qurbani for more than 1,700 women and young people
Hasene International (UK) and the Muslim World League provided Qurbani meat for over 1,700 MASYAP members at Eid al-Adha 2024.
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Follow-up visits to 12 support groups
The MASYAP team visited 12 support groups to make sure each one keeps thriving and members get the support they need.
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Microfinance visits to seven groups: growing businesses
May visits found members expanding their businesses and supporting their families, and identified where more help is needed.
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13 support groups in Blantyre and Zomba visited in May
Our team followed up on group activities and offered free, confidential HIV testing, counselling and referral to care.
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April outreach: checking on progress and offering HIV testing
MASYAP visited support groups in April to hear about their progress and needs, and offered HIV testing and counselling.