Africa

By Hayden Peters and Jeremy Taglieri, FHSSA The HIV/AIDS pandemic affecting Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the greatest crises of our era. However, the response to that crisis is one of the finest examples of how policies and programs can have lasting results for the betterment of the human condition...

By Delia Helie and A. Gillian Freedman, Jhpiego HIV/AIDS Counselor Lebeoana Tsasanyane explains free voluntary medical male circumcision services to waiting clients. Courtesy Jhpiego. At Mafeteng Hospital in Lesotho, Lebeoana Tsasanyane stands out for his unfailing commitment to ensure that men in...

By Margarite Nathe, IntraHealth International Say you’re feeling sick, and you’ve gone to your local clinic to see someone about it. You tell the health worker that you’ve been feeling awful and haven’t been getting any better and you’re worried, because you know that a lot of people in your country...

By Sonia Lowman, International Medical Corps In a country where one in three children is malnourished, Aminta Shamit Koroma helps lead the fight against hunger as Sierra Leone’s national nutrition program manager. To do this, she depends on frontline health workers at the community level to make...

By Maryjane Lacoste, Country Director, Jhpiego-Tanzania Wampembe, Tanzania—In this remote corner of western Tanzania, where the nearest hospital is four hours away on a rutted, rock-strewn dirt road, pregnant women are relying on midwives Adelina Kizzila and Flora Mwananjela to help them give birth...

Lisa Meadowcroft, Executive Director, AMREF USA Midwife Esther Madudu receives the REAL Award from Ugandan Minister for Health, Hon Dr Christine Ondoa (left) and AMREF Uganda Country Director, Dr Abenet Berhanu (right). Photo Credit: AMREF At AMREF, we were thrilled and so proud to learn last year...

By Kim S. Martin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs In recognition of International Women’s Day, we would like to applaud the frontline family planning providers, who help women and their partners make decisions that keep mothers, children and families...

By Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, USAID and Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International Note: This blog was originally posted on March 4, 2013 in the USAID IMPACT blog. Ariel Pablos-Mendez (left), Assistant Administrator for Global Health and Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International. Photo credit...

By Lisa Meadowcroft, Executive Director, AMREF USA In the slums of Tandale just outside of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17-year-old sex worker Veronika wonders how she will ever take care of her newborn. At seven months pregnant, her clients are diminishing, she can’t afford rent and her family back...

By Donna Bjerregaard, Senior Technical Advisor, Initiatives Inc. Note: This blog was originally posted on Feb. 15, 2013, on the Knowledge for Health Blog. The global shortage of health workers has created cracks in the bridge to health services for Africa’s communities. Many countries and donors are...