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Counting Down to 2030 Requires a Refocus on Frontline Health Workers

We need a fit-for-purpose frontline health workforce based on local needs, realities, and disease burden.

A New Nurse, a New Virus: Combating COVID-19

Chetna Sharma's days—and nights—are full of seeing patients, sharing information about COVID-19, and enlisting the help of community leaders.

Working Double Duty in India’s Fight Against COVID-19

Nurse Ranita Maibam is among the thousands of community health officers on the frontlines of India's response to the pandemic.

Calling All Girls

Health workers like Yustina and Tatu in Tanzania are making sure the HPV vaccine is not confined to classrooms.

Newborn Plans: Nurse Leader in Ghana Encourages First-Time Teen Moms to Take Charge of Their Lives

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This piece from Jhpiego focuses on Nurse Julia Doudu in Ghana.

Five Questions for Kate Greene: New Chair of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition

Meet the new Chair of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition. Find out how she’ll help the Coalition achieve its policy goals and why she thinks we’re at a pivotal time for elevating the frontline health workforce and women’s role in the health workforce.

In Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers Are Learning Skills That Save Lives

Nationally, roughly 70% of deliveries in Ethiopia occur at home, and interventions such as prenatal and postnatal care are underutilized. MCSP is combating this through competency-based trainings that stress early identification of pregnancies and follow-up through the delivery and the postnatal periods.

Nurses are fighting on the front lines in Lesotho—without proper autonomy

Nurses in Lesotho run the show. But they have little power to give their patients the care they require.

From the frontlines of care: Q&A with Ugandan midwife Venny Musasizi

By Gillian Leitch, Jhpiego Uganda At the 2017 Nurses and Midwives Symposium in Kampala, Uganda, I had the opportunity to speak with Venny Musasizi, an inspiring midwife working in one of the hardest to reach districts in Uganda. The symposium was co-hosted by Jhpiego, Seed Global Health, Peace Corps...

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