For the eastern state of Bihar, in the districts of Madhubani, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Saran and Gaya, 2020 presented an opportunity to use technology to interact with potential and existing family planning clients, and share critical COVID-19 information. With India having gone under lockdown, thousands of migrant laborers returned to their villages from cities where they
Marta Cuna, a community-based lay counselor, pulled out her tablet and tapped the PISAUDE app to check on a client’s record. She was following up on teenager Isabel Tete who had tested positive for HIV at home but never showed up at the health facility to begin treatment and access other HIV services. Tete, 17,
Jhpiego has joined peers around the world to share expertise around COVID-19. Watch the webinars. The First-Ever State of the World’s Nursing Report: Unlocking the Gender Dimensions || with ICN & The Wilson Center COVID-19 and Family Planning Advocacy || with FP2020 COVID-19 and Implications on Family Planning Services || with WHO COVID-19: Focus on Africa
Every day 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Helena’s story shows us it doesn’t have to be this way.
