On October 3, many of Dignitas’ greatest champions came together for our annual advance charity film screening. It was with the support of 300+ guests and sponsors that we were able to raise over $90,000 for our lifesaving medical and research programs. The ripples of change started at this event will reach Malawi and Indigenous
On May 7th, the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto was transformed into an evening that was one part experimental theatre, one part live pitch and two-parts cocktail party. The room filled with buzz as actors captivated the audience with dramatic vignettes created by emerging and established playwrights. The pitches from i2i Lab fellows were equally inspiring
Victor Banda hails from the Kasungu district of Malawi and serves as a Data Analyst for Dignitas International in Zomba. Armed with a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Computer Science and Statistics from Chancellor College at the University of Malawi, Victor began his career passionate about data science and its applications for
Too often in low-resource settings health data is quickly channeled upwards away from frontline clinical and managerial teams to district, provincial and national levels where practice and policy decisions are often made. Dignitas International’s Ideas to Impact Lab (i2i Lab) is seeking to address this problem through a recently awarded Connaught Global Challenge Award sponsored
In Malawi, nearly 4 in 10 prisoners are HIV positive – compared to 1 in 10 in the general population. Prison inmates in Malawi are an underserved and marginalized ‘key population’ in a resource-limited country that already faces significant health challenges. While there are ongoing efforts to provide access to treatment and care to all people
Cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for more than 100,000 HIV related deaths every year. It is the most common type of meningitis for adults in regions that have high rates of HIV and accounts for 10 to 20% of all HIV related deaths. The current international standard of treatment for HIV positive adults with cryptococcal meningitis
The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Building Research Capacity, Implementation and Translation Expertise (NCD BRITE) program was officially launched on Thursday, February 8th at the College of Medicine in Blantyre, Malawi. NCD BRITE is a national consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It that brings together key institutions
With Dignitas International operating in a context of global health challenges, we see the potential that fostering and igniting innovative ideas can have in transforming the way health care is approached globally. Our Ideas 2 Impact (i2i) Lab, led by Dignitas’ Josh Berman, develops new approaches to identified global health challenges, and potential solutions to
Each year there are 240,000 new HIV infections among children under 14 in developing countries. Without treatment, 80% will die by the age of five. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is crucial to ending AIDS as a public health treat by 2030. To support Malawi’s bold efforts to build an AIDS-free generation, Dignitas works
One day can change the world. That’s the vision for the Give a Day campaign that is happening in workplaces and communities across Canada today, World AIDS Day. This Canadian grassroots response to the global HIV epidemic started in 2004 as a challenge to give one day’s pay on December 1st to stand in solidarity