Yadira Villaseñor
Chief of party, Central America HIV Care and Treatment Project and regional director, Central America
We've worked in El Salvador and throughout Central America to strengthen health sectors and address the HIV epidemic. In El Salvador, we have strengthened the supply chain to improve availability of essential medicines and worked with the Ministry of Public Health to implement a continuous quality improvement of care model in hospitals.
We partner with the government, NGOs, and civil society to improve the capacity of health providers to deliver high-quality, comprehensive HIV and AIDS care and treatment, especially for key populations at higher risk for contracting the virus.
Selected Achievements
Utilized the OPQ approach in 100 hospitals, 37 HIV clinics, and 65 health centers to support training of over 10,000 health workers in HIV counseling and testing, stigma and discrimination prevention in Central America.
Improved the availability of essential HIV medicines and commodities by helping the Ministry of Public Health in El Salvador implement a strategic plan for supply chain management.
Through the establishment of two new cadres of health workers in Central America, retained more than 4,000 people at risk of dropping out of ART, and recovered 2,570 people who had dropped out of treatment.
Trained and deployed 27 adherence promoters to work across 30 HIV clinics in Central America
Utilized the OPQ approach in 100 hospitals, 37 HIV clinics, and 65 health centers to support training of over 10,000 health workers in HIV counseling and testing, stigma and discrimination prevention in Central America.
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