An auxiliary nurse-midwife convinces a couple twice her age to quit a lifelong tobacco habit.
All in a Day’s Work
Stories
Malaria Begins and Ends in the Community
Community health workers are at the frontline, bringing health services that otherwise would be inaccessible in villages and rural areas. They intimately understand the communities they serve and are instrumental in improving access to—and demand for—basic health services, including malaria prevention as part of comprehensive maternal and child health services for the pregnant women, who are among the most vulnerable to malaria.
A USAID-funded Initiative in Indonesia Shows the Way toward Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths
A difficult labor left Kadiatou Diallo with the pain of stillbirth and the shame of fistula. Surgical repair services at Guinea’s Kissidougou Hospital offered her healing and hope.
