The OPP-ERA Project’s key moments since 2013

6 years after its launch in Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea, the OPP-ERA project has significantly improved access to viral load testing through open and polyvalent bio-molecular platforms: 11 laboratories have been rehabilitated, equipped and are functional for viral load testing. More than 180,000 viral load tests have been achieved and more than 300 health professionals have been trained

In order to implement HIV viral load testing, the only choice of a technical solu-tion is not sufficient. The conditions needed for its realisation in resource-li-mited countries also need to be created. This is what we wished to highlight in this Guide. We are proud to bring you our 60 lessons learned, for all the viral load testing stakeholders.” Louis PIZARRO, Solthis CEO

The creation of this laboratory will allow patients in the Upper Sassandra region to have access to the viral load testing and its results in a much shorter time. This is a very important step forward in the follow-up and care of patients living with HIV in this region.

Coming from 4 different countries and contexts, they share a common vision: to be at the service of patients. Viral load is an essential element in ensuring the effectiveness of treatment for people living with HIV, reducing contamination and mortality: “It is important to remember that behind each result, there is a patient in need. There is no room for error”

17 laboratory technicians and biologists met in Paris to exchange experiences and build capacity to facilitate the continuity of viral load measurement in their respective countries. From July 3 to 12, laboratory technicians, laboratory engineers and biologists in...

Focus on capacity building workshops and exchange experiences between the program representatives fighting against HIV who are in charge of managing laboratory products in Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea; as part of the OPP-ERA project for access to HIV...

Strengthening the capacities of Guinean prescribers is an important part of the OPP-ERA project. Indeed, if the request for viral load testing is constantly increasing since the start of the project, the use of the results of the examinations must be reinforced: There...

Rich of a strong collaboration and a common goal of placing HIV infected patients at the heart of the healthcare system in Guinea, our projects PACTES  and OPP-ERA organized an important meeting with community leaders defending rights of HIV infected or affected...

Key partners with the Ministry of Health in the fight against HIV / AIDS, Unitaid and the Global Fund organized a joint mission in Cameroon from 24 to 28 June 2018 with Solthis and Expertise France. The mission allowed to discuss with local stakeholders the...