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By Katie Taylor, USAID, with Nazo Kureshy , USAID and Lesley-Anne Long mPowering Frontline Health Workers We live in extraordinary times. In 1960, 22.2% of all children in developing countries – one out of every five – died before the age of 5. Today, we are within reach of ending preventable child...

By Frontline Health Workers Coalition Staff Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) Director Vince Blaser issued the following reaction to the World Health Organization’s declaration today that all known chains of Ebola transmission have been stopped in West Africa: “WHO’s announcement is...

By Lisa Bonadonna, GlaxoSmithKline A couple of months ago, we were talking to our colleagues at Save the Children about the incredible work they do to help train frontline health workers in some of the most marginalized communities. We were interested to know what kind of care a health worker can...

Oftentimes training for frontline health workers focuses on clinical or leadership skills, but support to private providers for business development can also improve health worker productivity and performance. Sister Hellen Nkojo, a retired midwife at the Nightingale Domiciliary in the Kabarole district in Uganda, is a case in point.

By Margarite Nathe, IntraHealth International NOTE: This post originally appeared in IntraHealth International's blog VITAL. The World Health Organization announced today that Ebola transmissions have ended in Guinea for the first time since the virus was detected there in 2014. It’s been 42 days...

By Sara Anderson, ReSurge International When 10-year-old Rifat was 1 month old, he was sleeping under a mosquito net when a strong gust of wind blew through a window in his room, knocking over a kerosene lamp. The net he was sleeping under caught fire, leaving him with severe burns. Rifat initially...

By Marielle Hart, International HIV/AIDS Alliance Major political momentum has been building strong and sustainable systems for health: the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 passed a resolution urging member states to work toward universal health coverage (UHC); UHC is strongly embedded in the...

By Heather Mason, Special Correspondent for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation “All roads lead to Mbare,” says Sister Inviolater Wilson, the nurse in charge of maternity at Edith Opperman Hospital in Mbare, outside the capital city of Harare, Zimbabwe. Mbare is a high-density township...

On Saturday, November 7, the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone Ebola-f ree . Hundreds flooded the streets of Freetown to celebrate and pay tribute to those whose lives were lost during the outbreak.

By Maeve Halpin, IntraHealth International and Frontline Health Workers Coalition It’s been more than 18 months since the Ebola epidemic began its devastation through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, causing thousands of deaths and testing health systems to the breaking point. Since the beginning...