Infectious diseases

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 Dr. Junior Bazile and Henry Makungwa, Partners in Health NOTE: This post originally appeared in the BMJ Quality Blog. Dr. Junior Bazile. Courtesy PIH. Henry Makungwa. Courtesy PIH In 2007, Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU), the sister organization of Partners In Health (PIH) in Malawi, began a community...

By Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Note: This blog was originally posted on the Global Health Impact blog Photo credit: Dominic Chavez Our MSH colleague Lucy Sakala was an HIV counselor in Malawi. She worked with clients who were receiving HIV...

By Joan Holloway and Imane Sidibe, International Association of Providers of AIDS Care In this first ever World Health Worker Week, it is important to recognize the critical role frontline health worker are playing in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic globally. According to UNAIDS, an estimated 34...

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 Laura Hoemeke, IntraHealth International Note: This blog was originally posted on Feb. 8, 2013, on the Intrahealth's Global Health Blog. First Pakistan, now Nigeria. Polio workers murdered on the job. Between December and January, at least 16 polio workers were killed in Pakistan, according to...

By Kate Greene, Partners In Health Three years ago, a devastating earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince and its environs, killing more than 250,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. Many of us remember the intensive news coverage showing frontline health workers, both Haitian and those from around...