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.

Alinafe Machilika (20) greets her 2-year-old daughter, Theodora, as she returns home from class at the Malawi Institute of Tourism. Photo by Karel Prinsloo for Jhpiego.
Family PlanningGenderHIVMalawiStoryYouth
November 18th, 2021

Helping Girls Realize Their Dreams

In partnership with the Malawi Ministry of Health, Jhpiego is helping reduce the vulnerability of girls and young women to HIV by improving access to health services and offering paths to economic empowerment.

LiberiaMalariaPregnancyStory
November 3rd, 2021

Defeating Malaria, One Woman and One Bed Net at a Time

In Liberia, the Ministry of Health prioritizes the provision of insecticide-treated bed nets to pregnant women during the course of their pregnancy.