Health extension workers like Abraha and Girmay are part of the Ethiopian government’s flagship National Health Extension Program that is committed to bringing essential health care services to communities throughout the country.
Madrid, Spain—An ambitious effort has been launched to prevent malaria in pregnancy in communities in sub-Saharan Africa. This innovative initiative will complement existing antenatal care services and increase pregnant women’s opportunities to access care under a grant agreement signed today by Unitaid and Jhpiego, an international nonprofit health organization and affiliate of the Johns Hopkins
Unitaid invests $50 million in an innovative project to ensure that pregnant women in malaria-affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa have expanded access to a preventive therapy for malaria.
