Sofala, Mozambique – For the past 2 years, Jeque Pita has been nursing Bento Elias back to good health and and a life free of tuberculosis (TB). When they first met at Gorongosa Rural Hospital in Sofala province, Elias complained of chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of appetite and night sweats. And he was
Kamalganj, Bangladesh—Tanjina Akhtar is keen to explain that her labor goes beyond the delivery of a baby. Busy as she is bringing new lives safely into the world and happy as it makes her to see mothers smile when she rests healthy newborns skin to skin on their chests, this midwife’s scope of practice extends
Singida Region, Tanzania—Jilala Shusha’s personal milestone says a lot about his country’s commitment to delivering on the promise of an AIDS-free generation. At 17, Jilala decided to be circumcised, even though traditional circumcision is not practiced by his family, who are migrant herders of goats and cattle. With support and informed consent from his family,
