For years, João Fernando has been educating and counseling men and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV. As a community mobilizer in the fight to reduce HIV-related deaths, he has reached dozens of men in Macuelia, in Zambézia Province, and even escorted his 14-year-old son to
In the whirlwind half-year since Darlene Irby joined Jhpiego as director of digital health and health information, she’s visited country offices in Mozambique, Kenya and Zambia, and coordinated a much-anticipated track—Country Digital Health Strategies—which she’ll lead at the upcoming Global Digital Health Forum, which runs December 9–11 in Bethesda, Maryland. Her Jhpiego team will be
Kakamega, Kenya — Nineteen-year-old Jane* delivered a full-term baby in a health facility near her home without complications. When the new mother was discharged a day later, there was no hint of any problem. She was happy to go home and care for her newborn. However, 6 hours later, Jane spiked a fever. She had
