These days, when Jenifer Adjei arrives at Oda Hospital, she marvels at the relative peace and quiet that greets her when she walks through the door midday to begin her 12-hour shift as midwife-in-charge. The number of pregnant women on her labor ward hasn’t decreased; this afternoon she counts 51, a dozen of whom are
Baltimore, MD – A Taiwanese nurse in a protective suit standing against COVID-19. A Ugandan nurse cradling a newborn she has helped deliver. A community nurse in Guatemala tending to a farmer alongside his bull. Today more than ever, as a pandemic sweeps across the globe, the impact of nurses can’t be underestimated. Nurses deliver care to the majority of people in the world—and it’s time
CryoPop, Jhpiego’s innovative cryotherapy device to treat cervical lesions more easily and at lower cost, is being produced by Pregna International Ltd, an Indian manufacturer known mainly for intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs). The agreement with Pregna focuses on both commercial and research uses of the handheld device, which converts carbon dioxide to dry ice to
