Nagaur, Rajasthan A stitch in time saves nine! For the staff of Kuchaman Sub-District Hospital (SDH) in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, this old adage has never felt more real. Catering to a population of 62,000, and conducting around 200 deliveries a month, the SDH has been one of Jhpiego’s Dakshata program facilities since July 2015.
A mere few months ago, 25-year-old nurse Chetna Sharma was dispatched to her first-ever posting as a community health officer at the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Center (HWC) in rural Madhya Pradesh, India. As if figuring out how to serve 7,000-plus people living across six villages in central India wasn’t daunting enough, she also
Following best practices for infection prevention and control is essential for health care providers on the frontlines of preventing the spread of COVID-19. When the government confirmed the first COVID-19 cases in Mozambique on March 22, Jhpiego joined Ministry of Health efforts to ensure that nurses, midwives, and physicians have the knowledge and skills necessary
