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.
Preventing Violence against Health: Data Collection Is Key
The horrific attack on Dr. Denis Mukwege in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is part of a much larger problem.
Picturing Our Work: Protecting Health Workers
In this photo from Ile de Gorée, an island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, Carie Cox reminds us how health workers often sacrifice their own health or safety in order to care for their patients.
Star of Senegal: A Midwife Fights for Affordable Family Planning
Aïssatou Dia Fall has become a star in Yeumbeul, Senegal.
Health Workers Can Help Stamp Out Poverty
They say wealthier is healthier, and there’s evidence to back that up.
Health Workers Have a Right to Clean Hands
According to the 2010 Kenya Service Provision Assessment survey, only 46% of Kenyan health facilities have running water year-round.
An Employee Gone Bad: Why Strong Management Is Important
When a health facility does not run smoothly it can quickly become a place where bad things happen.
Our Commitment to the Kenyan Health Worker
Many health workers have a dream of offering high-quality services, but no way of doing their work well because they lack basic supplies or training.
Why Does a Woman Use Contraception? For a Better Life.
I consider myself a strong advocate for the wide availability of family planning methods, and of women being able to decide if and when they want to become pregnant.
Getting Health Workers to the Women Who Need Them
Maureen Kanyiginya is a young midwife with a gentle, confident presence. Sitting on a bench in a grassy area outside the rural health center where she works, in western Uganda, she says she loves helping mothers and delivering their babies. "I make mothers comfortable," she states firmly. "I'm a health worker."
