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By Jonathan Rucks, Pathfinder In places like the Deep Sea Slum of Nairobi, Kenya, the dangers associated with pregnancy and child birth are not to be taken lightly. Maternal mortality still claims far too many lives and quality maternal health services are not universally available or accessible to...

By Eric Kilongi, Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Note: This post originally appeared in the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's Blog. Though HIV can be transmitted from mother to child through breast milk, studies have shown that women living with HIV are less likely to pass the...

By Alain Kaboré, Family Care International Community outreach brings fistula survivors out of the shadows. Courtesy FCI. “Today,” Mariama Boubacar Diallo says, “Thank God, I no longer suffer. I’m healthy; I am healed.” Mariama, a resident of the village of Kriollo Ourarsaba, located in the northern...

By Hayden Peters and Jeremy Taglieri, FHSSA The HIV/AIDS pandemic affecting Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the greatest crises of our era. However, the response to that crisis is one of the finest examples of how policies and programs can have lasting results for the betterment of the human condition...

By Delia Helie and A. Gillian Freedman, Jhpiego HIV/AIDS Counselor Lebeoana Tsasanyane explains free voluntary medical male circumcision services to waiting clients. Courtesy Jhpiego. At Mafeteng Hospital in Lesotho, Lebeoana Tsasanyane stands out for his unfailing commitment to ensure that men in...

By Margarite Nathe, IntraHealth International Say you’re feeling sick, and you’ve gone to your local clinic to see someone about it. You tell the health worker that you’ve been feeling awful and haven’t been getting any better and you’re worried, because you know that a lot of people in your country...

By Dr. Junior Bazile and Henry Makungwa, Partners in Health NOTE: This post originally appeared in the BMJ Quality Blog. Dr. Junior Bazile. Courtesy PIH. Henry Makungwa. Courtesy PIH In 2007, Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU), the sister organization of Partners In Health (PIH) in Malawi, began a community...

Lisa Bos, World Vision Midwife Rosa pays a home visit to a pregnant Nur Diana, 32, who is expecting her fifth child. Courtesy World Vision. Cell phones are everywhere. You might be reading this blog on one right now. So the question for development organizations more and more is how do we harness...

By Vince Blaser, Deputy Director, Frontline Health Workers Coalition Just how different the pregnancy, childbirth and early childhood experience can be was strewn on their faces, illustrated in their stories and validated by their work experience. Four seasoned midwives – with a combined century of...

By Allison Annette Foster, University Research Co. As the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and other advocacy movements push for increased number and integration of frontline health workers into the health systems of developing countries, we need to pause to consider the implications of this...