It’s Time to Measure the ROI (Return on Innovation)
How much do eHealth and mHealth initiatives truly cost? It’s time we start working together to find out.
Ten Powerful Family Planning Stories
Youth and data. Music and nomenclature. Culture and controversy. These top 10 pieces from the past year on VITAL run the gamut of what it takes to plan for our population’s health and future.
One Nurse's Best Day at Work
Meet Phylis Cherono Siele, a nurse in Kenya's Tenwek Mission Hospital whose joy comes from helping clients find hope, even in the most difficult times.
Zambia Could Be First Country to Distribute Pratt Pouch Nationally
It looks like a little ketchup packet. But it could help HIV-positive women throughout Zambia give their newborns a virus-free start.
Abduaraman Gidi: "I'm a Health Worker"
Meet an Ethiopian nurse whose passion lies in saving mothers' lives, and listen as he tells us about one of his best days on the job.
Greater Support for Social Service Workers Leads to Better Care for Children
This year, 6.6 million children under five won’t reach their birthdays.
Healthy Community Means a Healthy Workforce for this Tanzanian Town
In Bariadi district, we teamed up with a local cotton gin to prevent HIV and make sure locals have access to health workers who can help.
Sister Betty Ondoru: “I’m a Health Worker”
Meet Sister Betty, a nurse in rural Uganda who tells us about her best and worst days on the job.
“I Can Improve Things”: An HIV Peer Counselor in the Dominican Republic
In the aftermath of receiving discriminatory care at a local maternity hospital, one young mother living with HIV found her calling.
Data Can Tell Stories—and Improve Health Care
In Liberia, technologists are learning to make two powerful information systems operate together, slowly revealing the story of how family planning there does—and doesn't—work.
