Pawana Meet Pawana, 38, a kader, or community health worker, in Sadeng village, in Indonesia’s Bogor district, which is south of Jakarta on the island of Java. She became a kader at 13 and, ever since, has dedicated her life to the health and wellbeing of the women, children and families of her village.
When clinical officer Kaenda Kaenda transferred from the mental health department to the antiretroviral therapy (ART) unit to undertake a new assignment at Chipata Central Hospital in Chipata, southeastern Zambia, he realized he needed new skills to properly counsel and effectively manage cases of children living with HIV. His experience in psychiatry had not prepared
Some clear commonalities unite this trio of couples whose generous contributions to Jhpiego’s India campaign involve much more than simply signing checks. All have strong emotional and familial ties to India, from which arises a desire—no, a need—to be of help during this latest wave of the pandemic, which has produced a tsunami of pain.