James Jieng puts the health of his sons ahead of his own, ensuring they receive voluntary medical male circumcision before they leave for college to protect them against HIV.
Ethiopian Man Puts Sons’ Circumcisions before His Own
Ethiopia
Jhpiego Reaches 2 Million Men and Youth with Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
Baltimore, MD—More than 2 million men and youth across sub-Saharan Africa have reduced their lifetime risk of HIV infection by accessing Jhpiego-supported voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services. This milestone—including more than 1 million procedures performed in the last two years alone—represents more than 15 percent of the World Health Organization-estimated 11.7 million VMMCs performed
New Solutions and Incentives to Retain Nurses
To meet the needs of its people, the government of Ethiopia is working to build up its health workforce. As a result, the nurse-to-population ratio rose from 1 per 5,000 in 2009 to 1 per 2,132 in 2014.1 Despite efforts to retain these workers, however, a recent study of nurses working in public health facilities