Research conducted by RTI's Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) informs the design, implementation and scale-up of new programs, monitoring and evaluation systems, and health policies around the world—particularly as they pertain to addressing health inequities. Our areas of expertise include:
- Biomedical prevention strategies
- Socio-behavioral acceptability and adherence research on novel HIV prevention products
- Mixed-methods, community-engaged research
- The intersection of violence, education, and economic opportunities on adolescent health
- Implementation, scale-up, and improvement of health services delivery
- Increasing engagement in HIV services among key and hard-to-reach populations
- The effects of poverty and gender-based violence on women’s health over the lifecycle