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By Sara Anderson, ReSurge International When 10-year-old Rifat was 1 month old, he was sleeping under a mosquito net when a strong gust of wind blew through a window in his room, knocking over a kerosene lamp. The net he was sleeping under caught fire, leaving him with severe burns. Rifat initially...

By Marielle Hart, International HIV/AIDS Alliance Major political momentum has been building strong and sustainable systems for health: the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 passed a resolution urging member states to work toward universal health coverage (UHC); UHC is strongly embedded in the...

By Heather Mason, Special Correspondent for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation “All roads lead to Mbare,” says Sister Inviolater Wilson, the nurse in charge of maternity at Edith Opperman Hospital in Mbare, outside the capital city of Harare, Zimbabwe. Mbare is a high-density township...

On Saturday, November 7, the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone Ebola-f ree . Hundreds flooded the streets of Freetown to celebrate and pay tribute to those whose lives were lost during the outbreak.

By Maeve Halpin, IntraHealth International and Frontline Health Workers Coalition It’s been more than 18 months since the Ebola epidemic began its devastation through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, causing thousands of deaths and testing health systems to the breaking point. Since the beginning...

In recent years the global health community has galvanized around a call to fulfill the unmet contraceptive needs of 225 million women, most of whom live in developing countries.

By Sule Kuein, GSK PULSE Volunteer with the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign Ghana Community health workers (CHWs) on the frontlines of care are, without a doubt, one of the most essential building blocks in improving access to essential health services in developing countries...

By Narcisse Naia Embeke, Management Sciences for Health Credit: Warren Zelman. I grew up in a village in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and although I’m now a doctor and live in Kinshasa, I remember those days well. I know what it’s like to live 23 kilometers from the nearest...

International Medical Corps and The Frontline Health Workers Coalition Present A Congressional Briefing on: THE GLOBAL FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKFORCE NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES & RESPOND TO FUTURE THREATS Frontline health workers responding to the Ebola epidemic have rightly received high praise for their...

Written by Amanda Makulec and Tariq Azim, JSI To understand where, when, and what health services are provided within a health system, quality data must be available. In a country as large as Ethiopia—with 94 million people—developing and implementing systems for capturing quality data can be a...