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By Indrani Kashyap , Jhpiego In her coastal farming village in eastern India, Dibyashree Behara knew that getting sick meant visiting a local healer or traditional medicine practitioner. “In my village, there is no doctor. One has to walk many miles before they can show themselves to a doctor or a...

By Chanza Baytop, Abt Associates HealthRise is a five-year, $17-million global effort with funding and thought leadership from the Medtronic Foundation designed to expand access to care for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes among underserved populations in Brazil, India, South Africa and the...

By Enock Mnyenyembe, White Ribbon Alliance. Malawi Introduction by Elena Ateva, White Ribbon Alliance. The vital contributions of midwifery for women and newborns to survive and thrive is well recognized. The 2014 Lancet Series on Midwifery proved the case for a renewed commitment to midwifery that...

By Vince Blaser, Frontline Health Workers Coalition This post was originally posted on the Global Health Council blog. The placards went from horizontal to vertical—indicating their nation wished to speak. One after another—from Guinea to Switzerland, Thailand to the United States—they spoke with...

By Assumpta Nantume, Global Health Council South Sudan is one of several conflict regions today that face a grave scarcity of human resources for health. The recent surge in violence last month has worsened the humanitarian crisis and taken a huge toll on refugee camps, where individuals are...

By Michelle Korte, IntraHealth International When you think of a humanitarian, what image comes to mind? A foreign aid worker? A group of missionaries? Maybe a few American celebrities stirring trans-Atlantic compassion? (Just Google the term “humanitarian” and you’ll see a lot of Angelina Jolie...

By Tyler Marshall, International Medical Corps A milestone global health victory has been achieved in the war against disease: Nigeria—and with it, all of Africa—is now polio-free. It is an accomplishment that has brought the world to the brink of eradicating the crippling virus, with only...

By Dr. Sanele Madela, Director Expectra Health Solutions, South Africa NOTE: This post was written in collaboration with Jessica Daly and Belinda Ngongo of FHWC member Medtronic Foundation “I am a mother, and my question is why was it so hard to diagnosis my baby?” The question – asked at the end of...

By Melissa Wanda Kirowo, FCI Program of Management Sciences for Health This post was originally published in the FCI program of MSH blog Rights and Realities At Women Deliver 2016 conference in May, I had the opportunity to talk with one of a number of young midwives attending the conference...

By Laura Hollod, Johnson & Johnson “You want a revolution? I want a revelation.” – Angelica Schuyler, Hamilton the musical There is no denying a data revolution is underway in global development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed to in 2000 represented a breakthrough moment when for the...