A partnership for the success of family planning in West Africa Un engagement pour le succès de la planification familiale en Afrique de l’Ouest The Partnership | L’engagement Jhpiego is the “go-to” partner assisting the Ouagadougou Partnership in the introduction and scale-up a new, innovative and easy-to-use injectable contraceptive — medroxyprogesterone acetate subcutaneously (DMPA SC)
When Mutiara Bunda Hospital, which opened in 2005 as a small health care facility, became a general hospital in 2018, its new management had its work cut out. Located in Indonesia’s Brebes district, which has the second highest number of maternal deaths in Central Java province (from Central Java Province Family Health Program Data for
Midwife Sharmin Akhter, 25, readjusts her protective gear before she attends to a mother in labor at a sub-district health facility, called an Upazila Health Complex (UHC), in Barlekha, Moulvibazar District. Her reassuring voice comforts the mother, who continues pushing to deliver the baby—until the endearing cry of a newborn engulfs the room. Sharmin has
