Community Health Workers Make a Difference for Pediatric HIV Clients in South Sudan
Lawrence Monday links health facilities and communities to extend HIV care and treatment services.
South Sudan: “Transforming from Zero” the Nation, the Health System, the Health Workforce
Over the weekend, the world’s newest nation was born. South Sudan celebrated independence as Africa’s 54th nation state and the United Nations 193rd member.
How—and When—Do You Tell a Child She is HIV-positive?
Telling a child she is HIV-positive is difficult in many ways.
Last month, I was in Kigali, Rwanda, to give the keynote address at the 6th International Conference for Exchange and Research on HIV...
The Key to Progress: Health Workforce Lessons from the Family Planning Movement
One of the great privileges of my life has been to know bold leaders in family planning and reproductive health.
Thoughts on Motivating Health Workers
Health workers must be retained, productive, and caring if the huge deficits in access to health workers are to be addressed.
iHRIS and eLearning: A New Direction for Capacity-Building
Kabelo Bitsang of the Botswana Ministry of Health, learned to maintain and customize the iHRIS software by studying online, working with developers around the world, and training in Ghana.
TEDxChapelHill: Open Source Technologies, Local Engagement, and Innovation for Global Health
Last week, the second annual TEDxChapelHill filled the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, NC. The seven amazing speakers—from the fields of ICT4D (information, communication, and technology for...
The Commitment of Health Workers
The first time I met them, they seemed like any other group of health workers—pleasant faces looking up to greet me even though I had interrupted their meeting.
Technology, Innovation, and Young People: the Future of Global Health
Innovation, technology, and young people have been at the forefront of my mind lately.
It started with my engagement with the many talented students last month at the Clinton Global Initiative...
Community Health Workers: Meeting the Unmet Need for Family Planning in West and Central Africa
A recent New York Times article featured an updated United Nations forecast that projects the world’s population will reach 10.1 billion by the end of the century, rather than stabilizing at nine billion midcentury as previously predicted.
