Africa

Moms & midwives both deserve better…

Improving maternal health care must take two perspectives into account. So we started by asking women and midwives what they want. By Maryalice Yakutchik The Antenatal/Postnatal Care Research Collective shares its findings on what women want in health services alongside the need to improve conditions for nurses and midwives to ensure quality health services. Explore behavioral

Rise in unvaccinated children requires immediate response

Dr. Christopher Morgan, Jhpiego’s Senior Technical Advisor on immunizations, responds to the WHO-UNICEF report on the alarming rise in unvaccinated children: “The rise in unimmunized children in 2021 is extremely alarming. There is now an historically large pool who are vulnerable to future outbreaks.  Our work on COVID-19 vaccination must go hand in hand with

From Data to Action: Using Dashboards to Improve Family Planning Services

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many global health programs experienced delays and setbacks in collecting data; however, we know that data can only be used to inform programs if properly collected and analyzed in a timely manner. In three Jhpiego-supported countries implementing family planning programs—Indonesia, Guinea and Kenya—the creation of data dashboards enabled the teams to