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If Women Are Not Valued, They Do Not Receive Equitable Care

Catherine Carr, MCHIP's Senior Maternal Health Advisor, discusses the value of balancing cultural respect and increased facility care to improve maternal health outcomes at the community level. Read her blog here, posted to the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood website.

The Best Way to Save Lives? Invest in Frontline Health Workers!

On 11 January 2012, a coalition of 15 major global health organizations—including MCHIP partners Jhpiego, Save the Children, and PSI—was launched to urge “greater and more strategic U. S. investment in frontline health workers in the developing world as the most cost-effective way to save lives and foster a healthier, safer and more prosperous world.”

Mothers and Babies Thriving Thanks to MCHIP KMC Programs

(A Spanish translation of this blog is available here.) Photo credits: Molly Miller-Petrie, MCHIP/PATH.

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

To learn more about the growing problem of vaccine hesitancy, read the post from MCHIP’s Robert Steinglass, originally published on the TechNet21 website. Steinglass discusses the problem in developed countries, and its potential to become a problem in the developing world.

mHealth Summit 2011: Lessons Shared at the “Reality Booth”

At last week’s mHealth Summit, leaders in government, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and academia came together to discuss and learn about the uses of mobile technology to improve the delivery of health services in the U.S. and abroad. Conference sessions focused on: examining the business, end-user, and policy perspectives of the field; promoting cross-cutting value chains and sustainable business models; and exploring the healthcare research and evaluation needs of mHealth.

MCHIP's "Let’s Talk Breastfeeding, Kenya" Site Launched

As part of this year's World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) activities, the Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MOPHS) launched "Let’s Talk Breastfeeding, Kenya," a Facebook site developed by MCHIP. The site reflects this year’s WBW theme "Talk To Me: Breastfeeding – A 3D Experience," which targeted youth and highlighted the need for communication.

World AIDS Day 2011: Pies, Integers and Africa

The proverbial development aid “pie” is getting smaller, yet the global burden of HIV is not. However, 30 years after the first cases of AIDS were described in the 5 June 1981 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the latter is not entirely bad news.

Community Health Workers: Champions in the Fight against Child Pneumonia

While the social media sphere has been abuzz with updates and tweets about 11/11/11 – and rightly so, given that it’s Veteran’s Day – the global health community has its eye on the day after. November 12th marks the annual World Pneumonia Day for advocacy about the leading cause of death for children under five around the globe. 1.4 million children die each year as a result of pneumonia, and most of those deaths could be averted through simple treatment.

Time to Talk about Stock-Ins: Supply Chains Critical to Fulfilling Landmark Commitment to MNCH in Africa

JSI's Carolyn Hart talks about stock-ins, and the country leadership and ownership that are required to make life-saving products flow reliably to the people who need them.

Mama Therese: an Advocate for Women & Children in the Rwandan Senate

Results for the recent Senate elections in Rwanda came back with exciting news for our MCHIP team in Rwanda. Therese Bishagara, National Field Program Manager, won her Senate election, and will be taking her passion for improving the health and lives of women and children to Parliament.