Jhpiego mobilizer Lindokuhle Hlongwane and his team pull their Kombi van to a stop on the road just outside a client’s home in Rockdale, a village in uThukela District in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, to drop off medication. Being careful to maintain a social distance, Lindokuhle gives his client, who is living with HIV, her refill of
The thought crossed Puja Malakar’s mind that she might lose her job. But for this community health officer (CHO) and nurse, the idea of a young woman, alone, in labor and at risk of losing her life and baby, compelled her to act swiftly. Selflessly. It was 9 a.m. when the call came in to
Village Budhpura, Block Talera, District Bundi, Rajasthan For the last ten years, Sarita Pankaj, an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM), has dedicated her service to the residents of the small village of Budhpura in Bundi district of Rajathan. Situated close to a mining area and populated mostly by migrant workers and their families, Sarita’s sub-center facility
