An estimated 17 million children did not receive a single vaccine to prevent disease in 2020. These children, known as “zero-dose children,” are more likely to suffer from illness and die. A majority of these children live in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities that lack health services. While efforts to reach these children with vaccines for such
Nurse-midwife Maya Devi Sharma ensures access to quality health services before, during and after childbirth. By Indrani Kashyap Listen in as storyteller Indrani Kashyap takes us on a journey through Badrika, India. Indrani Kashyap | Sr. Regional Communicator, Jhpiego On a bright winter morning in Badrika, an agrarian village in North India surrounded by yellow
The frantic call from a nurse at the Koukoudé health post came in at 8 p.m. A woman in labor with twins had given birth to the first baby, but now, hours later, the second baby had not yet arrived. Immediately, Kalaya Kourouma, a midwife at the Boffa District Hospital in Guinea, alerted a district
