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By Sarah Alexander, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) Did you read the recent column by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times, “ The World’s Modern-Day Lepers: Women with Fistulas?” He shared the story of Marima, an Ethiopian woman who developed an obstetric fistula...

World Health Worker Week is taking place this year on April 2-8! It's is an opportunity to mobilize communities, partners, and policy makers in support of health workers in your community and around the world. It is a time to celebrate the amazing work that they do and it is a time to raise...

by Nicole Brown, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance We’ve all heard the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child.” This phrase rings true when applied in the context of comprehensive care – health workers and social service workers, community leaders, neighbors and parents coming together...

By Naomi Kalemba , Jhpiego Mwanipela Village, Malawi — “I was very concerned,” the mother said, keeping an eye on her twin sons playing beside her. “I thought I was going to die from this disease, and I was concerned that my babies would die too.” Eliza Kayange wasn’t talking about something...

By Nguyen Tuyet Nga, PATH, Vietnam Program Team Leader NOTE: This blog was submitted in partnership with Frontline Health Workers Coalition member GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Imagine spending two days compiling lists of children due for vaccination from records kept in paper ledgers, and then writing...

By: Scott Weathers, Frontline Health Workers Coalition, IntraHealth International The Frontline Health Workers Coalition recently sat down to speak with Dr. Namala Mkopi, a Tanzanian doctor, former President of the Medical Association of Tanzania , and current Vice President of the Pediatric...

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.