SolidarMed Publications
SolidarMed regularly publishes information and results from its projects and activities in its magazine Focus, in its annual and financial reports, electronic newsletters and peer-reviewed, scientific articles. A selection can be found here.
SolidarMed Focus
SolidarMed Focus 24/2
In the spotlight Trained volunteers enjoy a trust advantage
SolidarMed makes a difference The decentralised training model is rolled out across Zambia
SolidarMed face-to-face Interview with the new managing director and new head of public health
Engagement Donate while you celebrate
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SolidarMed Focus 24/1
In the spotlight Supporting children and adolescents with chronic diseases
SolidarMed makes a difference Lugala Hospital – a success story
SolidarMed face-to-face Abide Nego Dias celebrates a successful awareness campaign
Engagement Plan ahead to continue to support causes you care about
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SolidarMed Fokus 23/4
In the spotlight Helping premature babies survive and thrive
SolidarMed makes a difference Tracking the health of preterm babies
SolidarMed face-to-face A bright future for Catherine Nachalwe
Engagement Working to prevent, diagnose and treat diabetes
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SolidarMed Fokus 23/3
In the spotlight Mental health support for people in need
SolidarMed makes a difference The growth of partner organisation Jika Uluntu
SolidarMed face-to-face We talk to development economist Isabel Günther
Engagement Historians trace SolidarMed’s past
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SolidarMed Focus 23/2
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SolidarMed Focus 23/1
In the spotlight Health risk of teenage pregnancies.
SolidarMed makes a difference What a development cooperation programme involves.
SolidarMed face-to-face Nino Schurter’s experiences in Lesotho.
Good to know Why it’s a good idea to make a will.
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SolidarMed Fokus 22/4
In the spotlight Supporting children and adolescents living with HIV.
SolidarMed makes a difference From development project to locally-managed business.
SolidarMed face-to-face Meet midwife Federica Laurenti.
Good to know SolidarMed ambassador Nino Schurter visits the mobile clinic in Lesotho.
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SolidarMed Fokus 22/3
Prevention and treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure
Clean hospitals in Mozambique
Doctor Peter Hellmold on his longstanding work in Tanzania
Showing solidarity – but how?
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SolidarMed Focus 22/2
Rapid emergency treatment for children in Mozambique
Caring for newborns in Tanzania
Country director Kuda Madzeke on the fight against AIDS
Markus Frei talks about the changing face of SolidarMed
SolidarMed Focus 22/1
Support for children affected by HIV in South Africa
Research project on Covid-19 in Lesotho
We talk to nurse and project manager Riccardo Lazzaro
Keep supporting a cause you care about with a gift in your will
SolidarMed Focus 21/4
Delivering health care to Lesotho’s remotest communities
eHealth: an opportunity for health care
We talk to Lesotho Country Director Josephine Among Muhairwe
Meaningful Christmas gift ideas
SolidarMed Focus 21/3
Community health workers – the link to the health system
What SolidarMed can achieve with running water
Country Director Janneke van Dijk on her work in Zimbabwe
How a cholera outbreak was contained in northern Mozambique
SolidarMed Focus 21/2
Why good staff housing improves health care
How SolidarMed puts scientific discoveries into practice
Speaking to board member Bernadette Peterhans
SolidarMed assists refugees in the North of Mozambique
SolidarMed Focus 21/1
When peers work as educators
Protection for health care personnel and the population in the fight against Covid-19
Country Director Benatus Sambili talks about his start
SolidarMed celebrates its 95th anniversary
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SolidarMed Focus 20/4
Premature infants: The heavy burden of Southern Africa
Medical care for expectant mothers
Creating added value for HIV patients
Consequences of coronavirus for Africa
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SolidarMed Focus 20/3
A bench for mentally ill patients
Strengthening young womn with family planning
Projects in South Africa, Keny and India
The meaningful gift idea
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SolidarMed Focus 20/2
Facing the impending crisis head-on
One year after Hurricane Kenneth
Excerpt from the 2019 Annual Report
SolidarMed gets reinforcements
SolidarMed Focus 20/1
Resistance threatens children with HIV
A compass for development cooperation
Constantin Hartmann following in his father’s footsteps
Discount stickers for health
SolidarMed Focus 19/4
Malnutrition: Lesotho's ticking time bomb
Sustainable ambulance system wanted
Eventful years in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Give the gift of health
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SolidarMed Focus 19/3
Nursing staff in rural Zambia
Mozambique after Cyclone Kenneth
Understanding village life
New SolidarMed website
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SolidarMed Focus 19/2
The television crews move on, SolidarMed stays
Digital Health – The African Way
“My time in Zimbabwe was the gift of a lifetime”
After Cyclone Idai
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SolidarMed Focus 19/1
Diabetes: A death sentence in rural Tanzania
At home instead of in a health centre: HIV tests for the mountain population
An interview with Dr med. Gaoussou Diakité
New year, new … “Focus”
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SolidarMed Aktuell 95 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 94 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 93 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 92 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 91 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 90 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 89 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 88 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 87 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 86 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 85 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 84 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 83 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 82 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 81 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 80 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 79 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 78 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 77 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 76 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 75 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 74 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 73 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 72 (en)
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SolidarMed Aktuell 71 (en)
Download (11.43 M) PDFAnnual reports
Annual Report 2023
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Annual Report 2022
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Annual Report 2021
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Annual Report 2020
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Annual Report 2019
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Annual Report 2018
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Annual Report 2017
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Annual Report 2016
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Annual Report 2015
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Annual Report 2014
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Annual Report 2013
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Annual Report 2012
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Annual Report 2011
Download (2.16 M) PDFAnnual financial statement
Annual Financial Statement 2023
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Annual Financial Statement 2022
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Annual Financial Statement 2021
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Annual financial statement 2020
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Annual financial statement 2019
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Annual financial statement 2018
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Annual financial statement 2017
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Annual financial statement 2016
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Drug Resistance During the 3-Month World Health Organization-Recommended Enhanced Adherence Counseling Period in the CART-1 Cohort Study
Emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Drug Resistance During the 3-Month World Health Organization-Recommended Enhanced Adherence Counseling Period in the CART-1 Cohort Study. Jennifer A Brown et al. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021; 8(5): https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab046
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PLoS | Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural Lesotho: The VIBRA cluster-randomized clinical trial.
Offering ART refill through community health workers versus clinic-based follow-up after home-based same-day ART initiation in rural Lesotho: The VIBRA cluster-randomized clinical trial. Amstutz A. et al. PLoS Med 2021, 18(10): e1003839. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003839
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BMJ Open | Symptoms of common mental disorders and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adults living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
Haas AD, Kunzekwenyika C, Hossmann S IeDEA Southern Africa, et al: Symptoms of common mental disorders and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adults living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2021;11:e049824. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049824.
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BMC | PEBRA trial – effect of a peer-educator coordinated preference-based ART service delivery model on viral suppression among adolescents and young adults living with HIV: protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial in rural Lesotho
PEBRA trial – effect of a peer-educator coordinated preference-based ART service delivery model on viral suppression among adolescents and young adults living with HIV: protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial in rural Lesotho. Lejone et al. BMC Public Health (2020) 20:425. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08535-6
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BMJ Open | International epidemiology databases to evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2019
International epidemiology databases to evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2019. Chammartin F, Dao Ostinelli CH, Anastos K, et al. BMJ Open 2020;10:e035246. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035246
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Lancet HIV | Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): a cluster-randomised trial
Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): a cluster-randomised trial. Amstutz A. et al. Lancet HIV 2020; 7:e752-61 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30233-2
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PLoS | Emerging priorities for HIV service delivery
Emerging priorities for HIV service delivery. Ford N, Geng E, Ellman T, Orrell C, Ehrenkranz P, Sikazwe I, et al. PLoS Med 2020; 17(2):e1003028. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003028
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BMC Public Health | Effect and cost of two successive home visits to increase HIV testing coverage: a prospective study in Lesotho, Southern Africa
Effect and cost of two successive home visits to increase HIV testing coverage: a prospective study in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Labhardt N. et al. BMC Public Health 2019. 19:1441PLoS ONE 2019 14(8). e0220337. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7784-z
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PLoS ONE | The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting: A prospective multicentre cohort study after introduction of routine viral load monitoring in rural Lesotho
The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting: A prospective multicentre cohort study after introduction of routine viral load monitoring in rural Lesotho. Glass TR, Motaboli L, Nsakala B, Lerotholi M, Vanobberghen F, Amstutz A, et al. PLoS ONE 2019 14(8). e0220337. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220337
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Clinical Infectious Diseases | Engagement in Care, Viral Suppression, Drug Resistance, and Reasons for Nonengagement After Home-Based Same-Day Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Lesotho: A Two-Year Follow-up of the CASCADE Trial
Engagement in Care, Viral Suppression, Drug Resistance,and Reasons for Nonengagement After Home-Based Same-Day Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Lesotho: A Two-Year Follow-up of the CASCADE Trial. Amstutz A. et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz1126
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JIAS | Trends in CD4 and viral load testing 2005 to 2018: multi-cohort study of people living with HIV in Southern Africa
Trends in CD4 and viral load testing 2005 to 2018: multi-cohort study of people living with HIV in Southern Africa. Zaniewski E. et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020, 23:e25546. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25546
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J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr | Extending Visit Intervals for Clinically Stable Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy
Extending Visit Intervals for Clinically Stable Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy: Multicohort Analysis of HIV Programs in Southern Africa. Haas et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Aug 1;81(4):439-447. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002060.
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PLoS 1 | The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting
The viral load monitoring cascade in a resource-limited setting. Lesotho. Glass TR et. al. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 28;14(8):e0220337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220337.
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Medicus Mundi Bulletin | eHealth: Connecting communities for health, selected cases in Zimbabwe
Bottom-up approach for integrating eHealth. eHealth: Connecting communities for health, selected cases in Zimbabwe. Michael A. Hobbins, Ronald Manhibi, Janneke H. van Dijk, Moven Kavenga, Gertjan van Stam. MMS Bulletin #148 December 2018
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JMIR | Perspectives of Nonphysician Clinical Students and Medical Lecturers on Tablet-Based Health Care Practice Support for Medical Education in Zambia, Africa: Qualitative Study
Perspectives of Nonphysician Clinical Students and Medical Lecturers on Tablet-Based Health Care Practice Support for Medical Education in Zambia, Africa: Qualitative Study. Barteit S. et al. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Jan 15;7(1):e12637. doi: 10.2196/12637.
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PLoS ONE | Demand-side financing in the form of baby packages in Northern Mozambique: Results from an observational study
Demand-side financing in the form of baby packages in Northern Mozambique: Results from an observational study. Makins A, Ehmer J, Piprek A, Mbofana F, Ross A, Hobbins MA. PLoS ONE 2019; 14(5): e0215282. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215282
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The Community Health Worker Experience of SolidarMed in Ulanga District Council
Policy Paper von Tanzania
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