BrazilNewbornsStory
June 23rd, 2022

Saving Newborn Lives in Brazil

In Brazil, an unacceptable number of infants die during the first 28 days of life, nearly 12 infants per 1,000…

DataFamily PlanningPostpartumStory
June 22nd, 2022

From Data to Action: Using Dashboards to Improve Family Planning Services

Three countries. Three issues with analysis of family planning data. One key solution to drive improvements in postpartum family planning services.

COVID19South AfricaStoryVaccinationVMMC
March 20th, 2022

Nurse Nozipho Magubane Brings COVID-19 Vaccinations to South Africa’s Most Vulnerable Communities

Nurse Nozipho Magubane wipes down plastic chairs and sets them up in a bright corridor at Makhaza Mall. She is preparing to open the Jhpiego-supported pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site in Khayelitsha, a poor neighborhood that is one of the least-vaccinated areas in Cape Town. Though the setting looks different from a clinic or hospital, the health standards and vaccination work are as rigorous as in a more traditional health facility.

Primary Health CareStory
February 22nd, 2022

Rising to the Challenge, Delivering Oxygen to Save Lives

Ghana Health Service partners with the RISE project to train health workers in oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients Wa, Ghana—Shulammite Asamoah Gyamerah still…

Kalaya Kourouma, a midwife at the Boffa District Hospital in Guinea.
GuineaMidwifePPHStory
December 15th, 2021

A Midwife and Ambulance to the Rescue

The frantic call from a nurse at the Koukoudé health post came in at 8 p.m. A woman in labor with twins had given birth to the first baby, but now, hours later, the second baby had not yet arrived.