Nurse-midwives Use Ultrasounds to Improve Maternal Care in Rural Malawi

Blantyre, Malawi — “Fifteen years on the job and I still cannot get over the joy upon hearing that first cry of a newborn baby followed by the relief from a mother and jubilation from family members after a successful delivery,” says Pauline Jalisi, a nurse-midwife in Malawi.  But the journey to jubilation is often

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Cultivating Innovation with WISH Jhpiego’s Worldwide Innovation Support Hub (WISH) fosters innovation that  responds to community needs and country priorities.   Building on our 50-year track record of testing and scaling a diverse array of products, devices, procedures and approaches, we’re harnessing our experience, expertise, relationships, and reputation to help entrepreneurs develop locally relevant solutions to

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A preventive malaria program led by Jhpiego receives high praise in an independent review for its community-focused, sustainable approach that has saved the lives of thousands of pregnant women.  The Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP) project, operating over 5 years in four malaria-endemic, sub-Saharan African countries, introduced a community-based approach that contributed