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Estimating the extent of mobility among PLHIV and TB in South Africa and its effect on treatment outcomes
Through literature reviews and key informant interviews, Genesis Analytics explored why individuals disengage from HIV and TB treatment, uncovering critical insights on policy gaps, administrative burdens, and stigma-related barriers. You can view the final report here

Optimising Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7
Genesis Analytics, in collaboration with Euro Health Group (EHG), will conduct quantitative secondary data analysis of existing internal and external Global Fund (GF) datasets to identify key data, drivers and barriers related to the Funding Request and Grant-Making (FR-GM) stages for Grant Cycle 7 (GC7). Each dataset will be assessed for its utility, relevance, completeness and quality.
How i2i is improving HIV prevention efforts in Africa
As a partner in the South to South Learning Network’s (SSLN) insight 2 implementation (i2i) project, Genesis is key to efforts to use the best available evidence to inform and improve HIV prevention policies and practices in 15 African countries.

Support for HIV prevention teams focused on AGYW
Genesis has been contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is working with the Population Council to synthesise and contextualise evidence to guide countries in managing and implementing comprehensive HIV prevention responses for AGYW.

Exploring microarray patches for HIV prevention in SA
Genesis Analytics partnered with PATH to explore the acceptability, programmatic fit and usability of microarray patches (MAPs) as an alternative delivery mechanism for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) in South Africa.

Improving the mentorship of AGYW in HIV prevention programmes
Genesis was contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assist in providing support to the assessment of PEPFAR’s DREAMS and the Global Fund’s mentoring component of their adolescent girls and young women’s HIV prevention programmes.

Looking for ways to improve AGYW programming in East and Southern Africa
Genesis has been contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to synthesise and contextualise evidence to guide countries in managing and implementing comprehensive HIV prevention responses for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).

Working for PrEP acceptance in SA community health-worker programme
Genesis Analytics, on behalf of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, conducted a qualitative landscape analysis of the policy and implementation environment for community-based services in South Africa to inform the sustainable planning and implementation of their investments.

A mobile solution to supporting HIV treatment adherence
MenConnect is an innovative approach to supporting HIV treatment initiation and adherence among men living with HIV in South Africa. Genesis was responsible for crafting behaviourally informed messages that are timed to the treatment journey milestones and tailored per psychographic segment.

Self-assessment tool to measure HIV programmes against global standard
Genesis Analytics was contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a tool that could help countries to define the performance of their HIV programmes against a global standardised set of programmatic components.

Looking for best practice in HIV prevention for young women
Genesis was appointed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with key country stakeholders to consolidate and synthesise research findings and review the implementation of best practices of adolescent girls and young women HIV prevention programmes in South Africa.

Monitoring inclusion on male sex-partners in HIV prevention
Genesis Analytics was contracted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to document the extent to which research with male sexual partners (MSPs) had been undertaken as part of the DREAMS programme, the methods used, and the use of results to inform programming in 10 high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Innovative solution to improve access and ease of chronic care
Genesis supported the Cipla Foundation in an innovative solution to expand the footprint of Centralised Chronic Medicines Dispensing Distribution (CCMDD) locations as a solution for chronic patients to pick up their medicines from decentralised locations.

Strengthening HIV prevention through peer learning
Genesis, in partnership with the University of Manitoba, is implementing the South to South HIV Prevention Learning Network (SSLN), which supports peer learning in a network structure to improve HIV prevention programming in 15 African countries.

Tools to measure success of global bilharzia treatment programme
Merck contracted Genesis to develop programme key performance indicators (KPIs) and an M&E framework to efficiently monitor correct tablet distribution and use at country and community levels of its anti-bilharzia drug Praziquantel (PZQ). Merck has provided nearly one billion PZQ tablets to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which then distributes these to countries for mass drug administration in endemic areas.

Evaluating NHI Phase 1 pilot implementation for Department of Health
Genesis undertook the evaluation of the Phase 1 implementation of the government’s policy of National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa. The main aim was to assess whether the NHI Phase 1 interventions had achieved their objective of health system strengthening in primary health care facilities.

Sexual and reproductive services will improve health of SA's youth
Genesis Analytics supported the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to investigate the understanding, accessibility and acceptability of providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to boys and girls attending school in South Africa.

Assessing impact of family planning programme for Kenyan girls
Genesis was contracted to conduct a rapid impact assessment of the Choice for Change (C4C) family planning programme in Kenya targeting adolescent girls. Choice for Change is a CIFF-funded initiative, though implemented through Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK), IPAS and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Raising the drinking age to 21: Pros and cons
The National Economic and Development Labour Council (Nedlac) commissioned Genesis Analytics to conduct an urgent independent study on the likely economic, health and social impacts of some of the amendments proposed in the Liquor Amendment Bill, 2017.

Campaign does improve men's perceptions on HIV testing
South Africans (18-34 years) who are exposed to the Testa Boy campaign are 50% more likely to agree that men who test for HIV are strong and responsible, according to a study done by Genesis Analytics for the Centre for Communication Impact.

South Africans more aware of risks of sugary drinks
Genesis was contracted to do a baseline and follow-up evaluation of the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) campaign “Are you drinking yourself sick?”, which was aimed at reducing sugary-drinks consumption and promoting support for the sugar tax.

SA cities sign up to meet 90-90-90 targets
UNAIDS contracted Genesis to support the meeting of 19 South African municipalities to implement its 90-90-90 project that assists countries to control the HIV epidemic by setting ambitious targets to get people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and ensure they are virally suppressed.

HIV prevention strategy for the Gates Foundation
The HIV prevention field is changing rapidly as treatment becomes widely available and as new prevention technologies reach the market. The BMGF commits significant funding to healthcare and HIV, and needs to decide whether its strategic focus areas are appropriate in this changing landscape.

The National HIV Communication Survey
There are many HIV communication campaigns running in South Africa and many have overlapping objectives. However, funders need to know whether these campaigns are working, in which areas they are working, and what to continue with and what to stop or change.