Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India—When patients complain of a cough or fever, or have high blood pressure or diabetes, Sarita Yadav, a 30-year-old staff nurse at Jankipuram Urban Primary Health Care Center (UPHC), knows how to care for them. Likewise, when women reveal they are worried about pain or lumps in their breasts, she is confident
Rajasthan, India — Hira Devi married early last year and was expecting her first child a short while later. A 19-year-old living in a rural village tucked away in the mountains of India’s Aravali Range, Hira was focused on farming, family and her household chores. One thing she wasn’t focused on? Antenatal care. “There is so
For more than half his young life, 13-year-old Mbumwae Khagwanda was a frequent visitor to the local primary care health facility, Limulunga Rural Health Centre, situated about 1 mile from his home in Western Province but hundreds of miles from Zambia’s capital. Staff there, who had limited experience handling complex cases, had tried over the
