At Club Courage, midwives meet monthly to share, discuss and reflect on their professional and personal lives. Prompted by a set of discussion cards, they explore care for self, care for clients, care for family and care for colleagues. “Midwives face stress, trauma and life-threatening situations in their work. We face issues such as inadequate
Adolescents and HIV epidemic control Despite years of advocacy and a growing evidence base to reduce vertical programming, progress on integrating services remains limited and, in many countries, HIV prevention and family planning (FP) continue to be offered as isolated services with limited options. Providing individual services in isolation places an unnecessary burden on clients
The COVID-19 pandemic has interfered with primary health care across the world, not just by overwhelming health care systems, but also by leading people to delay seeking care. This was the case with Kouame.* “At the beginning of October 2022, I started having a fever every night and then a cough and finally I couldn’t
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