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Quality Improvement Brief

15 November 2023

The Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) is a component of the CATALYST study that refines and makes context-specific improvements to the enhanced service delivery package to make it scalable for delivering PrEP choice. The QIC’s multi-country design enables rich learning and problem-solving by providing QI faculty, advisors, coaches, and teams from all CATALYST countries opportunities to interact and exchange knowledge with each other as the study progresses.

Topic(s): Monitoring & Evaluation

Product(s): Cabotegravir, Dapivirine Vaginal Ring, Oral PrEP

Region(s): Sub-Saharan Africa

Format(s): Report

Countries: Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Source(s): PEPFAR, USAID, MOSAIC, The Catalyst Study

Type: Document

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