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She will assume the role on April 1, 2026.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear joins Jhpiego with 25 years of experience in the global health sector, most recently serving as founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based public health consultancy Vennhealth. Throughout her career, she has led strategic and evaluative initiatives that have shaped major global health programs and investments. Notable achievements include revising USAID’s maternal and child health investment frameworks to align with the Sustainable Development Goals, evaluating USAID’s flagship maternal and child health program, and designing a $1 billion successor strategy. In addition, she led the evaluation of the $3.5 billion Feed the Future nutrition portfolio, providing evidence that informed its Congressional reauthorization.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The throughline of Allyson’s professional trajectory has been a profound commitment to alleviating human suffering and promoting human dignity and health for all—a background that aligns deeply with Jhpiego’s longstanding mission to provide access to lifesaving health care where it is needed most,” said Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels in an email to the Johns Hopkins University community. “She brings a proven track record in strategic growth, innovation, and resource mobilization across the global health, economic development, and humanitarian sectors.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear began her career focused on global market shaping and scale-up efforts, starting with Gavi’s PneumoADIP and Hib Initiative, where she provided technical assistance to Ministries of Health for vaccine rollout and impact evaluations. From 2009 to 2015, she worked at USAID, leading the development of flagship U.S. Government health initiatives. She has also held leadership positions at Corus International and Abt Associates, managing global health and economic development portfolios across West Africa, francophone Central Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East. 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Statements","1896","https://jhpiego.org/policies-and-statements/",[21],"/policies-and-statements/",[],{"posts":879,"totalPages":1259},[880,971,1045,1094,1180],{"id":881,"guid":882,"title":883,"content":884,"excerpt":885,"excerptRaw":21,"slug":886,"url":887,"uri":888,"to":888,"status":326,"date":889,"modified":890,"type":329,"authorId":330,"featuredMedia":891,"terms":943,"acf":966},4895,"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/?p=4895","Preparing the world’s future Changemakers","\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baltimore, Maryland – On a rainy Friday afternoon in early May, Eva Killingstad sat in a classroom at \u003Ca href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rpcs.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7CAnn.Lolordo%40jhpiego.org%7C2c6f2486fe3b400c702008da4391b1e8%7C26ef7fd22a7f4135a2e4de9acf168b2a%7C0%7C0%7C637896590441549340%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fsAksbIBMTMCwwcdpuOO4IJKapzij4SlrmEehMJeoUY%3D&reserved=0\">Roland Park Country School\u003C/a>, diligently researching, writing and building a website on women’s reproductive health. As the school year was coming to an end, Eva and classmate, Talya Kohan-Gaffar\u003Cem>,\u003C/em> had decided on an education campaign as their final project for one of Roland Park’s newest classes—\u003Ca href=\"https://www.jhpiego.org/changemakers/\">Changemakers\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4897\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eva Killingstad, left, and Talya Kohan-Gaffar, right, work on their final project for the Changemakers class at Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, MD. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eva, 15, learned a lot of new things this year as part of Changemakers, notably the challenges many adolescents around the world face in trying to access health services or meet a need as basic as menstrual care. Through the course, she was introduced to young women like Sneha, whose desire to finish school, become a police officer and live independently led her to join a women’s initiative in her village outside New Delhi, India, to produce sanitary pads. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In India, where women of reproductive age number \u003Ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/adding-it-up-investing-in-sexual-reproductive-health-india\">353 million\u003C/a>, menstruation can prevent girls from attending school because they don’t have the means or products to properly manage their period. Sanitary napkins may be too expensive for a family. And changing home-made cloths in a school setting proves embarrassing. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“One of my favorite parts of this class was learning about real people who changed their communities. We watched a movie about girls who created a pad machine in India, and hearing their story and how much they learned and the impact they made was so inspiring,” says Eva, referencing the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary \u003Ca href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLrm2pD0qofM&data=05%7C01%7CAnn.Lolordo%40jhpiego.org%7C2c6f2486fe3b400c702008da4391b1e8%7C26ef7fd22a7f4135a2e4de9acf168b2a%7C0%7C0%7C637896590441549340%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oSpJNdrAqCGfKi%2Bqj0IFOQrkHMPJZqMvc9e6u37hACU%3D&reserved=0\">\u003Cem>Period. End of Sentence.\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary and \u003Ca href=\"https://thepadproject.org/\">The Pad Project\u003C/a> were developed by a group of girls and teachers at a Los Angeles school, a private coeducational community fostering independent thinking, intellectual respect and a commitment to community—values in sync with Roland Park Country’s philosophy.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_BeStrong-818x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4906\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_Appreciate-You-for-You-1021x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4905\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4904\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love.jpeg 874w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love-256x300.jpeg 256w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love-768x900.jpeg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love-461x540.jpeg 461w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Deserve-Love-375x439.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4902\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful.jpeg 844w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful-247x300.jpeg 247w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful-768x932.jpeg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful-445x540.jpeg 445w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Are-Beautiful-375x455.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_Love-Yourself.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4903\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_You-Have-Nothing-to-Be-Ashamed-About-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4901\"/>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Social media can negatively affect body image by portraying “idealized” body types, but it can also be used as a tool for change. Roland Park student Eryn Balchunas created these digital illustrations for her group’s final project, an \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jhpiego.bodypostivity/\">Instagram \u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fjhpiego.bodypostivity%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCole.Bingham%40jhpiego.org%7C1d0c32badab3424e26b408da54615714%7C26ef7fd22a7f4135a2e4de9acf168b2a%7C0%7C0%7C637915074290862219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iaqoj1OsHE%2BfVOOPxrnB9KLT6QVb58WHR%2BeDzMkxSdg%3D&reserved=0\">campaign\u003C/a> to encourage a positive mindset about body image. “It’s okay for your body to look different than someone else’s. It’s okay for there to be a spectrum of what people look like,” she says. “Everything is beautiful.”\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The next generation of activists\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside her fellow 9th graders at the all-girls school in Baltimore, MD, Eva had spent this last school year learning about issues that affect the health and well-being of women and girls around the world, culminating in this final creative activism project. Throughout the year, students learned that gender is a determinant of health; about preventable diseases like human papilloma virus (HPV) and preventable causes of maternal deaths; and how some of the most sustainable solutions to these problems are developed through design thinking and advocacy. Their final projects required the students to use the skills they learned throughout the year to develop a creative solution, draw attention to, and make a positive impact on an issue they found compelling. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s been important to me to learn about how life for women is different in other places of the world, especially in developing countries,” said Eva. “Being able to have the opportunity to not only learn about it but to make our difference in the world has been amazing.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changemakers is a classroom curriculum envisioned by Jhpiego advisory board members Michele Brennan and Cara Moreno. Having both seen firsthand the global work of Jhpiego, they felt that high school students could gain so much from learning about Jhpiego’s unique experiences and perspectives as a leader in global public health. The dynamic, multi-media curriculum, written in partnership with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.creativevisions.org/\">Creative Visions\u003C/a>, is rooted in Jhpiego’s decades of expertise creating successful global health programs and provides high school students the opportunity to learn these methods through projects and problem-based learning. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Changemakers teaches students about creative activism,” Brennan \u003Ca href=\"https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/03/08/jhpiego-changemakers-activism/\">told the Hub\u003C/a> earlier this year. “This course challenges young people to look at complex problems from many different angles. Students who learn about issues in international public health can channel their energy and enthusiasm to move society forward.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreno’s hope is that students enrolled in Changemakers will come away with “an understanding that while nothing separates us as individuals in the U.S. from our sisters in less developed countries, in terms of mind, body and spirit, our access to quality health care may be vastly different from theirs. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s our duty to understand those differences and, through the curriculum, we invite students to explore effective approaches to reducing that gap,” Moreno said.  “We also encourage further study, as well as the pursuit of causes that most inspire them, leading to actionable change, such that one day that gap may be eliminated.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Changemakers debut\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The class was first piloted at Roland Park in 2020 as a 10th grade elective course for 13 students, many of them virtual due to the school’s hybrid learning format due to COVID-19. This year, Roland Park expanded the course, making it a year-long, requirement for the more than 60 9th-grade students. “I have been surprised, both this year and last, about the knowledge gap students have when it comes to women’s health topics,” says Sarah Morehead Pope, program coordinator for the Gore Leadership Institute at Roland Park, which oversees the Changemakers curriculum at the school. “We have a robust health and wellness curriculum at our school, yet we saw that our students are not well informed. Topics like HPV, the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer, maternal mortality rates and discrimination against women across the board in medical settings seemed to really strike a chord with our students.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I’ve learned a lot from the Changemakers class this year,” says 15-year-old Roland Park student Eryn Balchunas. “I never really thought that I could make a difference because I’m so young, but from this class, I’ve learned how people have made change in their communities, and that shows me that it’s possible to make a difference.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4898\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Bringing challenging conversations home\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The class hasn’t just been helpful for the students—it’s also created an opening for parents to have discussions about difficult topics with their daughters. “Eating disorders, anxiety disorders, women’s trafficking—these are not easy subjects for kids to bring up with their parents. It’s heavy, even for me as an adult,” says John Antoniades, whose daughter, Lilly, took the class this year. “They’re becoming teenagers and they don’t necessarily want to talk to us about things like that, but this class has brought those conversations home.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4899\" style=\"width:423px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-200x300.jpg 200w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-360x540.jpg 360w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-375x563.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52070795086_9fa932470a_k.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roland Park student Caroline Kelly works on her poem about intimate partner violence. Photo: Will Kirk, Jhpiego.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 16-year-old Caroline Kelly, the class opened a door to very personal conversations with a close family member about intimate partner violence. For her final project, she decided to write a poem and create an infographic detailing the many aspects of intimate partner violence, drawing on resources from organizations like Becky’s Fund and the OneLove Foundation. “This is personal to me,” says Caroline. “I’ve learned more about [my family member’s] experience, and how it’s not just a physical thing, that it can also be financial, verbal, emotional and more. Through this project, I’ve really learned how important it is to advocate for yourself and your mental health.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Changemakers_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4900\"/>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Talya Kohan-Gaffar, left, and Eva Killingstad, right, show off their website about women’s reproductive health at the school’s final project showcase in May 2022. Photo: Leanne Gray, Jhpiego\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, Roland Park held a showcase to give the students a chance to show off their final projects to their parents and peers. In the school’s library, each group of students had their own station where they gave brief presentations about their projects and what they learned. Eva and her project partner, Talya Kohan-Gaffar, displayed \u003Ca href=\"https://killingstade.wixsite.com/my-site\">their website\u003C/a> on a laptop.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I feel really proud of what we’ve achieved,” said Eva. “I’m hoping to continue this in the rest of high school because I think I’ve found something I’m really passionate about.”\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Baltimore, Maryland – On a rainy Friday afternoon in early May, Eva Killingstad sat in a classroom at Roland Park Country School, diligently researching, 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He registers with the attendant, who logs his personal details into the National Immunization Management System. Then he moves to the vaccination room where he receives his booster shot. The whole process is completed in 10–15 minutes without any glitches—unprecedented for a public health facility in Pakistan.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“My experience of COVID vaccination has been seamless and the staff deputed has been every helpful in ensuring the people are vaccinated on time.” – Muhammad Hamza\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamza is just one of the more than 200 million people who are protected against COVID-19 in Pakistan. Jhpiego has been part of this effort, thanks to a technical assistance grant from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. With Gavi support, the country has fully vaccinated more than 80 million people—52% of the target population—and reached more than 122 million with a single dose in less than a year—a remarkable achievement.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4316\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_1.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4317\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pakistan-2022_2.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At request of the Federal Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Jhpiego developed a national standardized checklist and set of guidelines for supportive supervision of COVID-19 vaccination to improve services. Across the country, supportive supervision was conducted using the checklist, which covered 10 key indicators (see text box), to document observations from vaccination sites and to record proposed solutions.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal EPI also requested that Jhpiego provide monitoring and supportive supervision to 80 facilities in the provincial capitals of Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Islamabad and the Islamabad Capital Territory. Jhpiego recruited, trained and provided supportive supervision for five provincial monitors who carried out the activities and collected the data.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the seven-month project, the Jhpiego provincial monitors collectively made 671 supportive supervisory and monitoring visits, including 153 coaching sessions, 206 training sessions for more than 450 health workers, and 66 progress review meetings with the provincial and district managers. Jhpiego also provided supervisory support, jointly with both federal and district EPI offices and relevant departments, during periodic visits of adult vaccination centers to ensure compliance with operating procedures, guidelines and data entry in the National Immunization Management System.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monitors collected data from supportive supervision activities through the web-based mobile application KoBoCollect. They shared daily reports with federal and provincial EPI teams to watch for emerging issues such as human resource shortages, cold chain maintenance and proper waste disposal. The Federal EPI took prompt actions to mitigate problems. Monitors also shared and presented monthly progress reports with Federal EPI and partners. Monitors’ reporting compliance on KoBoCollect was outstanding: 96% of reports were received and analyzed.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4319\" style=\"width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-960x640.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal EPI staff take stock of COVAX vaccines at a federal cold-chain repository in Islamabad. Photo by Saiyna Bashir\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data demonstrated the value of a standardized supervision checklist administered in a supportive and problem-solving manner. Performance across all 10 indicators improved 17 percentage points; guidelines and trainings showed the biggest improvement with a 32-percentage-point gain to 90% at the final assessment in January 2022. Supportive supervision identified best practices, gaps and possible corrective measures and improved the understanding of staff on vaccine service delivery, including self-protection and safety of clients. On-the-job trainings improved cold chain maintenance, infection prevention and control, management of adverse effects following immunization and waste disposal.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project team noted that supportive supervision by provincial monitors and provision of materials were instrumental in building the trust of facility staff. At the same time, engaging health facility staff to identify problems and provide amicable solutions proved to be the best strategy to enhance the quality of services. And, as health facility staff increased their knowledge of vaccines and safe injection practices, community trust in facilities also increased.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>Supportive supervision checklist indicators for compliance with COVID-19 standard operation procedures (SOPs) in vaccination centers.\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">• Infrastructure\u003Cbr>• Communication materials\u003Cbr>• Human resource availability\u003Cbr>• Cold chain and vaccine storage\u003Cbr>• Guideline and training on SOPs\u003Cbr>• Knowledge, attitude and practices\u003Cbr>• Adverse effects following immunization readiness\u003Cbr>• Infection prevention and control\u003Cbr>• Waste management\u003Cbr>• Data management\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December 2021, Gavi extended Jhpiego’s contract to orient provincial EPI offices to continue supportive supervision in all the COVID-19 vaccination facilities through government and partner monitors. The pandemic has taken a toll on many people in Pakistan, including dentistry student Hamza’s family. “The process of vaccination must not slow down. We see as the number of cases drops, a large number of people get comfortable and stop practicing preventive measures and skip their due doses of vaccination,” he said. “We have to stay vigilant until everyone is vaccinated.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Ammar Zafarullah was a communications specialist in Jhpiego’s Pakistan office.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Hamza is just one of the more than 200 million people who are protected against COVID-19 in Pakistan. Jhpiego has been part of this effort, thanks to a technical assistance grant from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.\u003C/p>\n","actionable-data-and-supportive-supervisionhelp-pakistan-achieve-its-covid-19-vaccination-rate","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/actionable-data-and-supportive-supervisionhelp-pakistan-achieve-its-covid-19-vaccination-rate/","/our-stories/p/actionable-data-and-supportive-supervisionhelp-pakistan-achieve-its-covid-19-vaccination-rate/","2022-04-20T02:01:00","2025-08-20T02:16:20",{"id":983,"src":984,"width":985,"height":894,"alt":21,"caption":986,"title":987,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":988,"srcset":989,"sizes":990,"meta":991,"acf":1032},4319,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/51868369723_dac81e42ca_k.jpg",2047,"Federal EPI staff take stock of COVAX vaccines at a federal cold-chain repository in Islamabad. 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/ Saiyna Bashir / Jhpiego","Katja Kuivanen",[],{"primaryColor":1033,"blurhash":1034,"videoUrl":21,"focalPointX":21,"focalPointY":21},"#462929","ULE_:U^*xZo#_M%Lx[WEOsbbNGX5R;j_VsxV",{"category":1036,"postTag":315,"postFormat":315,"areaOfExpertiseTax":315,"expertsTag":315},[1037],{"id":497,"name":1038,"slug":1039,"parent":315,"uri":1040,"to":1040},"Uncategorized","uncategorized","/our-stories/c/uncategorized/",{"credits":1042},[1043],{"role":969,"name":1044},"Ammar Zafarullah",{"id":1046,"guid":1047,"title":1048,"content":1049,"excerpt":1050,"excerptRaw":1050,"slug":1051,"url":1052,"uri":1053,"to":1053,"status":326,"date":1054,"modified":1055,"type":329,"authorId":525,"featuredMedia":1056,"terms":1082,"acf":1089},5102,"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/?p=5102","Meet Manthomeng Matete","\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This World TB Day, Jhpiego’s Manthomeng Matete Discusses a TB Study with the Potential to Impact the Lives of Millions\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Meet Manthomeng Matete, who coordinates the Community and Universal Testing for TB among Contacts (CUT-TB) study in Lesotho. A three-country study, CUT-TB is evaluating new contact tracing strategies with the ultimate aim of improving case detection. Jhpiego leads the study in Lesotho in partnership with The Aurum Institute.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What problems is study hoping to solve?\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"437\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5105\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg 437w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Study Coordinator Manthomeng Matete\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eliminating TB will require increasing access to prevention, treatment, care and support services. But until contact tracing is more robust, this will be an elusive goal. The disease remains a global threat because linking people to care means finding them first and our current approaches to screening contacts are not reaching everyone.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where CUT-TB comes in. The study, taking place in South Africa, Lesotho and Tanzania, introduces two new strategies to test for latent TB (the presence of TB in the body, but without symptoms of illness). The testing strategies, which involve universal blood-based testing of all household contacts, regardless of symptoms, have the potential to reach all people in a household to test for both TB disease and TB infection. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/campaigns-and-initiatives/world-tb-day-2020/5-faqs-tb-preventive-treatment.pdf?sfvrsn=d633097e_2#:~:text=Isoniazid%20given%20daily%20for%206%20to%209%20months,medicines%20that%20can%20reduce%20the%20length%20of%20TPT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TB preventive treatment \u003C/a>(TPT) is provided to all people living with HIV as well as children exposed to clients diagnosed with TB disease.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Jhpiego’s role in this research?\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jhpiego supplies the staff and expertise that make this study happen. The principal investigators—Jhpiego’s Stacie Stender, Nyane Nonyana and Aleisha Rozario and Dr. Llang Maama-Maime, manager of Lesotho’s National TB and Leprosy Program—provide technical support to the team on the ground. They help the Lesotho team ensure that patient recruitment is done according to the protocol and adheres to standards. Together with our partners—\u003Ca href=\"https://www.auruminstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Aurum Institute\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://mbeya.nimr.or.tz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the National Institute for Medical Research\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://ki.se/en\">Karolinsk\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://ki.se/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Institute\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.ucl.ac.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University College London\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/institutes/leibniz-institutes-all-lists/research-center-borstel-leibniz-lung-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Center Borstel – Leibniz Lung Center\u003C/a>—Jhpiego also coordinates trainings for study personnel, and ensures the availability of all equipment and supplies needed to process the study samples.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As study coordinator, I work hand in hand with our local partners in the three implementing districts. My responsibilities are varied and vast—from obtaining institutional review board approvals to managing the quality of data collection to creating rapport with all stakeholders.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does this study fit into Jhpiego’s larger TB strategy in Lesotho?\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2008, Jhpiego has supported Lesotho’s Ministry of Health to deliver primary health care services, including TB and HIV integration. In 2018, with funding from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/\">The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria\u003C/a>, Jhpiego supported the Ministry of Health to establish a national TB contact tracing program under the THEBE (Prevention of HIV and TB in Lesotho through Evidence-Based Interventions and Education) project, which aimed to identify new cases through prompt and robust contact tracing strategies.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CUT-TB builds on these goals by adding latent TB testing for every household member of a TB index patient to Lesotho’s TB arsenal. This will help identify people we hadn’t before—those with both latent TB and TB disease among household members—and get them started on either TPT or TB treatment.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who will benefit from the results of this study?\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To start, all household contacts enrolled in the study who are diagnosed with either latent TB or TB disease will be linked to appropriate care. But the results of CUT-TB will be so much bigger than that.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the lessons learned from this study inform future policy around improving testing and diagnostics for latent TB and TB disease, they will improve the lives of millions—here in Lesotho, where we have one of the highest rates of TB in the world, and beyond. There is not a single country or age group on earth not touched by this disease. If future decision-making and policy development are based on universal testing of contacts, I believe we can dramatically curb, or even end, TB.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you like best about doing this work?\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I fell in love with research when I was doing my final thesis at university. Later, as a research assistant and supervisor on numerous studies, I saw firsthand that it’s research that makes new discoveries, policies and innovations possible—and improves lives.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with people who are so dedicated to their work is exciting and pushes me to be a better study coordinator. No matter how complex the work is, all stakeholders on CUT-TB are always there to offer moral and technical support.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Katrin DeCamp serves as a speechwriter and editor for Jhpiego.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Meet Manthomeng Matete, who coordinates the Community and Universal Testing for TB among Contacts (CUT-TB) study in Lesotho. A three-country study, CUT-TB is evaluating new contact tracing strategies with the ultimate aim of improving case detection. Jhpiego leads the study in Lesotho in partnership with The Aurum Institute.\u003C/p>\n","meet-manthomeng-matete","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/meet-manthomeng-matete/","/our-stories/p/meet-manthomeng-matete/","2022-03-23T20:21:00","2025-08-29T16:21:45",{"id":1057,"src":1058,"width":1059,"height":1059,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":1060,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1061,"srcset":1062,"sizes":1063,"meta":1064,"acf":1079},5105,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg",437,"Manthomeng Image 1","\u003Cimg width=\"437\" height=\"437\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg 437w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" />","https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg 437w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1-375x375.jpg 375w","(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px",{"width":1059,"height":1059,"file":1065,"filesize":1066,"sizes":1067,"imageMeta":1077},"2025/08/Manthomeng-Image-1.jpg",35020,{"medium":1068,"thumbnail":1071,"smallPreview":1074},{"file":1069,"width":34,"height":34,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1070},"Manthomeng-Image-1-300x300.jpg",14825,{"file":1072,"width":44,"height":44,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1073},"Manthomeng-Image-1-150x150.jpg",4293,{"file":1075,"width":68,"height":68,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1076},"Manthomeng-Image-1-375x375.jpg",21781,{"aperture":87,"credit":21,"camera":21,"caption":21,"createdTimestamp":87,"copyright":21,"focalLength":87,"iso":87,"shutterSpeed":87,"title":21,"orientation":87,"keywords":1078},[],{"primaryColor":1080,"blurhash":1081},"#d5cecb","UULgnhIT_N-;~poe%2j]-;axDia#t7ofofRj",{"category":1083,"postTag":315,"postFormat":315,"areaOfExpertiseTax":315,"expertsTag":315},[1084],{"id":1085,"name":1086,"slug":1087,"parent":315,"uri":1088,"to":1088},21,"Africa","africa","/our-stories/c/africa/",{"credits":1090},[1091],{"role":1092,"name":1093},"Author","Katrin DeCamp",{"id":1095,"guid":1096,"title":1097,"content":1098,"excerpt":1099,"excerptRaw":1099,"slug":1100,"url":1101,"uri":1102,"to":1102,"status":326,"date":1103,"modified":1104,"type":329,"authorId":330,"featuredMedia":1105,"terms":1149,"acf":1177},3048,"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/?p=3048","“Claim your valor.”","\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reaching men with HIV prevention and treatment services remains a pressing priority in the global HIV epidemic response, but messaging to men can be tricky. In Nigeria, a social media campaign emphasizing the courage it takes to know your HIV status has resonated, increasing men’s participation in HIV screening and treatment.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"749\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-hero-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3057\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-hero-image-1.jpg 758w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-hero-image-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-hero-image-1-546x540.jpg 546w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-hero-image-1-375x371.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VALOR used private-sector-style social media marketing to promote a virtual HIV consultation and referral service implemented through WhatsApp. Photo credit: VALOR/RISE Nigeria\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign, called VALOR (Virtually Accelerating Linkage of Men to Reframed HIV Services), is an initiative of the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.jhpiego.org/our-expertise/hiv-tuberculosis-emerging-infectious-diseases/hiv-and-hiv-testing-care-treatment-prevention/rise/\">Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control (RISE) project\u003C/a>, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Agency for International Development. RISE, which operates across three continents, works with countries to achieve and maintain the primary prevention and \u003Ca href=\"https://aidstargets2025.unaids.org/\">95-95-95 goals\u003C/a> that are critical to HIV epidemic control.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VALOR campaign is among many innovative program designs recently highlighted by Jhpiego Stars, an organization-wide competition. Out of 34 entries showcasing examples of social and behavior change, human-centered design and demand-generation innovations, VALOR received a technical award in recognition of its person-centered efforts.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“VALOR was the clear technical winner for the latest Jhpiego Stars competition,” said Nicole Bennett, senior technical advisor for applied design strategy at Jhpiego, who co-led the technical review process for the competition. “They received top scores by all reviewers for application of method, impacts and wow factor. Not only is the branding fresh, but the team developed a new service delivery model using WhatsApp and tracked results throughout. It is an impressive collaboration—and a true Jhpiego Star.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3060\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation-300x122.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation-768x314.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation-960x392.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-celebrates-and-encourages-innovation-375x153.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using human-centered design to find the right message\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, Manya Dotson, Jhpiego’s senior technical advisor for marketing and demand generation, set out to find ways to increase men’s access to HIV testing by understanding what motivated them to get tested. Through a series of human-centered design workshops in Malawi and Zambia, “we realized that so much of the messaging that we create for men has shame hidden inside of it,” said Dotson. “People were telling us that ‘it takes courage to get tested’ because HIV is often portrayed as this scary, catastrophic disease.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They weren’t getting tested because they didn’t feel like they had the courage to go down the entire path of managing a positive diagnosis,” Dotson added. “So we started thinking about how to break down courage into manageable steps: you just need to find the courage to do the next thing.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after the RISE project’s launch in Nigeria, the implementing team saw a clear gap emerging between men’s and women’s use of HIV services. Women’s uptake of treatment and care services was nearly twice that of men, with men lagging behind women across the treatment cascade, see, for example, graph below.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-1024x506.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3052\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-1024x506.png 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-300x148.png 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-768x379.png 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-960x474.png 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-375x185.png 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart-1280x632.png 1280w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VALOR-gender-gap-chart.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COVID-19 pandemic made health services such as HIV testing even more difficult to access. With supplemental funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the RISE team created a virtual, COVID-19-safe initiative that leveraged technology and social media platforms to link men with HIV services. This approach required precise messaging that would resonate with men, building on what Dotson had heard in Malawi and Zambia. “For men, it is not enough to just increase risk perception and remove barriers,” said Adetosoye Adebanjo, the HIV testing Services (HTS) community advisor for RISE Nigeria. “Men have to desire the service and see how it will help them achieve what they most want.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RISE put together a team of experts from Mann Global Health, Anova Health Institute and Jhpiego, including Dotson and Adebanjo. The team spent three months undergoing their own all-virtual human-centered design process: holding consultations, mocking up social media posts and organizing WhatsApp focus groups.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The focus groups consistently preferred and requested tender depictions of support, joy and love, rather than conquering challenges all alone through brute strength,” said Adebanjo.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They wanted to be ‘valorous,’ and they wanted their courage to be celebrated.” – Adetosoye Adebanjo\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">“Claim your valor.” Strong branding gives credibility\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This led to the development of VALOR as the campaign and brand. Through well-designed and targeted Facebook advertisements, men in Akwa Ibom and Cross River State were linked to trained VIP guides on WhatsApp with compelling, confidential, empathetic messages to address their concerns. They created a safe space to learn about improved HIV treatments and prevention interventions, with mechanisms in place for referral to needed services. With the help of partners at the Nigeria-based creative agency \u003Ca href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/GetUrlReputation\">Sprout Digital\u003C/a>, “the brand became a wish and a promise that they [men] won’t be alone, they can enjoy life and thrive, and that they will keep what matters,” said Adebanjo.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3053\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-375x375.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa-960x960.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-Adamawa.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3055\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1-960x960.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-CrossRiver-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3054\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1-960x960.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Jhpiego-Quote-VALOR-AkwaIbom-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign was a success. Tailoring these insights into RISE counseling strategies improved acceptance of HTS and adherence to treatment. In quarter 1 of fiscal year 22, VALOR ads on Facebook reached 78,923 men, 3,199 men were engaged by a trained guide on WhatsApp, 1,640 were tested for HIV and 170 newly diagnosed with HIV were started on treatment. The VALOR initiative has been incorporated into the ongoing RISE work in Nigeria, and lessons are being shared with other programs.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VALOR team is optimistic about the scalability of their approach beyond Nigeria and believe bringing it to other countries could lead to more men entering the continuum of care.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“For years, HIV programs have focused interventions on children, adolescents and women,” said Ehi Adejo-Ogirio, a gender technical advisor for Jhpiego in Nigeria and another key member of the VALOR team. “The VALOR approach brings to [the] fore a gender-transformative and human-centered strategy that will ensure men are not left behind in HIV programming.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>“For years, HIV programs have focused interventions on children, adolescents and women. 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Nozipho Magubane Brings COVID-19 Vaccinations to South Africa’s Most Vulnerable Communities","\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAPE TOWN, South Africa – 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.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5093\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg 720w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-375x250.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We welcome clients and register them and then it’s all about vaccinating them and then making sure they’re OK afterward and telling them what to do after they get their jab,” said Magubane, who has worked as a nurse for almost 13 years.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since September 2021, Magubane and other Jhpiego-hired nurses have become accustomed to vaccinating people in locales that meet South Africans where they are —  malls, bus stations and other venues. It’s all part of the South African government’s goal to make COVID vaccines more accessible to people living in vulnerable and outlying communities, like Khayelitsha and neighboring Mitchells Plain.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Khayelitsha, just \u003Ca href=\"https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/vaccine-dashboard\">37% of residents are registered to receive a vaccination\u003C/a>, which means they’ve likely received at least one dose of Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson, two vaccines commonly available in South Africa. Nationwide, nearly 49% of the adult population has received at least one vaccine dose and Rosemary Njogu44% of the adult population is fully vaccinated.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With funding from the Solidarity Fund, Jhpiego has supported the South African National Department of Health to vaccinate South African residents in two provinces, the Western Cape – where Cape Town is located – and KwaZulu-Natal. As of May 9,  Jhpiego has provided 40,378 vaccinations to residents in the Cape Town metro area. The project continues through June.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Building on VMMC work\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the pandemic reached South Africa, Jhpiego knew it could contribute to reducing the spread of COVID-19 through its experience in HIV prevention through voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). When the South African government asked for NGOs to assist with COVID vaccination campaigns, Jhpiego offered to help, drawing on its logistical, administrative and procurement experience with VMMC as well as its experience in generating interest in preventive care among adult men, who have been slower to take up the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, said Dr. Christopher Morgan, Jhpiego’s senior technical advisor for immunization. This included everything from understanding what materials would be needed – needles, gauze, sharps bins, etc. – and where to procure them, as well as how to answer questions that clients might ask, like, “Why can’t I stand for the vaccination? Why do I have to sit?”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, because of its VMMC work, Jhpiego was able to draw on its strong relationship with the Department of Health and the communities it proposed working in for the vaccination program.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We were already delivering a service, VMMC, and the health department knew they could trust us with vaccination,” said Dr. Cynthia Thandi Ncube, Jhpiego medical officer who helped coordinate the vaccination program with colleague Siyabulela Kwezi Shumi. “It was much easier to set up a vaccination site because of the experience we had from VMMC. We already knew what was needed and could be done.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jhpiego hired four nurses to run pop-up sites where they would provide COVID vaccinations and prepared for the work through the government’s online training course. Until recently, the on-the-ground vaccination teams also included community interns, who were funded by the South African government for six months. The interns focused on demand creation, registration of vaccination clients and sanitization of the work and waiting areas. Five teams of vaccinators covered a total of 56 vaccine sites during the month of April.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ncube said the start of Jhpiego’s vaccination program required commitment and dedication. The number of people getting vaccinated was low and the vaccination team discussed ways to stay focused and support each other.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I was listening to them and talking to them about how we can make this work better.”  — Dr. Cynthia Thandi Ncube\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually, vaccination numbers picked up; as more and more people saw their friends, family members and neighbors getting the vaccination and staying healthy, “then they felt more comfortable getting vaccinated,” Ncube said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Educating clients about COVID vaccines\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, as in other countries, South African residents were hesitant about receiving vaccines for a number of reasons. A fear of needles. Concerns about vaccine ingredients. Plus a feeling of ambivalence about the vaccine since it doesn’t 100% prevent anyone from falling sick with COVID.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The most challenging thing is . . .  convincing people to get the vaccine,” said Magubane, one of the nurses. “Because you talk to a person, explain what’s going on about the vaccine but still they will say, ‘No, we will come back tomorrow.’ It’s a bit of a challenge.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Magubane wasn’t deterred. She says one of her approaches to overcoming vaccine hesitancy is to ask people to think about the health of the people around them, especially older or younger family members or people they come into contact with. She also shares her own story of getting vaccinated in May 2021 – back when only health care workers could access the vaccine in South Africa – and then falling sick with COVID in September 2021.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I was diagnosed with COVID but for me it wasn’t severe,” she said. “When COVID started, I was working in a hospital. I saw in the hospital how severe it [COVID] could be. For me, it was like a normal flu. The vaccine for us health care workers, it really was a relief.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magubane’s most rewarding moments in this job have been when clients come back and say that after they received the vaccine, they caught COVID but they weren’t very sick because the vaccination helped them. She’s lost count of how many times people have shared this kind of experience with her.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s like, wow, we did something good for another person,” she said. “Then that person can spread the word that the vaccine is actually helpful.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Laura Elizabeth Pohl is a photographer-writer for Jhpiego based in South Africa. Wandile Nonhle Sibisi, Marketing Manager in Jhpiego’s South Africa office, also contributed to this article.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>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.\u003C/p>\n","bringing-covid-19-vaccinations-to-south-africas-most-vulnerable-communities","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/bringing-covid-19-vaccinations-to-south-africas-most-vulnerable-communities/","/our-stories/p/bringing-covid-19-vaccinations-to-south-africas-most-vulnerable-communities/","2022-03-20T16:16:00","2025-08-29T16:21:20",{"id":1192,"src":1193,"width":1194,"height":1195,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":1196,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":1197,"srcset":1198,"sizes":1199,"meta":1200,"acf":1215},5093,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg",720,480,"Bringing COVID 19-story image 1","\u003Cimg width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg 720w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-375x250.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" />","https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg 720w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-375x250.jpeg 375w","(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px",{"width":1194,"height":1195,"file":1201,"filesize":1202,"sizes":1203,"imageMeta":1213},"2025/08/Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1.jpeg",69754,{"medium":1204,"thumbnail":1207,"smallPreview":1210},{"file":1205,"width":34,"height":35,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1206},"Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-300x200.jpeg",13438,{"file":1208,"width":44,"height":44,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1209},"Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-150x150.jpeg",6537,{"file":1211,"width":68,"height":69,"mimeType":24,"filesize":1212},"Bringing-COVID-19-story-image-1-375x250.jpeg",19141,{"aperture":87,"credit":21,"camera":21,"caption":21,"createdTimestamp":87,"copyright":21,"focalLength":87,"iso":87,"shutterSpeed":87,"title":21,"orientation":87,"keywords":1214},[],{"primaryColor":1216,"blurhash":1217},"#82a44e","UPJ8%+Yz8^xbceb]jeVsBevotARiT[nNR5tl",{"category":1219,"postTag":1227,"postFormat":315,"areaOfExpertiseTax":1248,"expertsTag":315},[1220,1221],{"id":1085,"name":1086,"slug":1087,"parent":315,"uri":1088,"to":1088},{"id":1222,"name":1223,"slug":1224,"parent":1225,"uri":1226,"to":1226},225,"South Africa","south-africa",{"id":1085,"name":1086,"slug":1087,"parent":315,"uri":1088,"to":1088},"/our-stories/c/africa/south-africa/",[1228,1233,1236,1238,1243],{"id":1229,"name":1230,"slug":1231,"parent":315,"uri":1232,"to":1232},226,"COVID19","covid19","/our-stories/c/covid19/",{"id":1234,"name":1223,"slug":1224,"parent":315,"uri":1235,"to":1235},229,"/our-stories/c/south-africa/",{"id":44,"name":731,"slug":1237,"parent":315,"uri":735,"to":735},"story",{"id":1239,"name":1240,"slug":1241,"parent":315,"uri":1242,"to":1242},227,"Vaccination","vaccination","/our-stories/c/vaccination/",{"id":1244,"name":1245,"slug":1246,"parent":315,"uri":1247,"to":1247},188,"VMMC","vmmc","/our-stories/c/vmmc/",[1249,1250],{"id":1175,"name":609,"slug":1176,"parent":315,"uri":613,"to":613},{"id":1251,"name":1252,"slug":1253,"parent":315,"uri":1254,"to":1254},228,"Immuniz","immuniz","/our-stories/c/immuniz/",{"credits":1256},[1257],{"role":1092,"name":1258},"Laura Elizabeth Pohl",36,1793651962550]