Jhpiego’s Chief Medical Officer Gives Answers—and Makes a Confession By Maryalice Yakutchik Every cent of the $40,979 raised during 2021 Global Miles for Mothers is destined for one of the world’s most vulnerable communities—Sofala province in Mozambique, where Cyclone Idai destroyed the Dondo Health Center and then COVID-19 delayed repairs. When it reopens in 2022,
A data-driven USAID project brings lifesaving HIV care to families’ doorsteps. By Charles Wanga Photos by Moses Adejo and KC Nwakalor Ibiono Ibom, Nigeria—Udeme Daniel is living healthy with HIV, working side-by-side with her husband, Aniekan, to provide for their eight children. The couple sells palm oil and fufu, a traditional food, in the village
This young mother’s chance meeting with a champion midwife made all the difference. By Tajrian Chowdhury Sunita Rikiyasun, a mother of two, has lived her entire life in Bangladesh’s tea gardens. Married at 14, Sunita gave birth to her first baby at home two years later, assisted by a traditional birth attendant who had no formal
