Baltimore, MD—The city of Baltimore and Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate and global health nonprofit, today announced the launch of a new health and jobs recovery program that will hire and train 303 people to track and contain exposure to the deadly coronavirus, with the goals of preventing transmission of COVID-19 and saving lives.
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh If there is one thing that the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it is that millions of everyday heroes walk among us. Some wear scrubs or lab coats, but many do not, and yet when they see an opportunity to be a soldier in the war against COVID-19, they choose
Linking Chronic Conditions and Maternal Death
Ever since she started working as a midwife in 2008, Patricia Nwadike knew it was vital that she have the skills necessary to stop severe bleeding after childbirth. Then, as now, the top direct cause of maternal death in Nigeria, and across all of sub-Saharan Africa, was postpartum hemorrhage. However, global data indicate that a