The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous upheaval to health systems, disrupting access to family planning information and services. But despite this disruption, the need for family planning remains the same. Family planning is a critical health service that hundreds of millions of women and their partners rely on or want to access. Out of the 923 million
Islamabad, Pakistan — Muhammad Hamza, a 22-year-old student of dentistry, arrives at the 24/7 mass vaccination center for his COVID-19 booster. He registers with the attendant, who logs his personal details into the National Immunization Management System. Then he moves to the vaccination room where he receives his booster shot. The whole process is completed
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Nurse Nozipho Magubane wipes down plastic chairs and sets them up in a bright corridor at Makhaza Mall. She is preparing to open the Jhpiego-supported pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site in Khayelitsha, a poor neighborhood that is one of the least-vaccinated areas in Cape Town. Though the setting looks different from
Every day 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Helena’s story shows us it doesn’t have to be this way.
