26 March 2013 “Voluntary medical male circumcision and adolescents: An opportunity for nurses to contribute to an HIV-free generation,” was published in the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society HIV Nursing Matters Magazine this month. Co-authored by MCHIP staff, this article makes the case that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services—which target healthy, HIV-negative males, especially adolescents—provide an important opportunity for provision of preventive health services with this population.

11 February 2013 India’s Child Survival and Development Summit began Thursday in Mahabalipuram, India, and continued through Saturday. Organized by the Indian Government in collaboration with USAID and UNICEF, the Call to Action Summit brought together Ministers, private sector leaders, and representatives from academia and funding agencies to continue work begun in June 2012, when India co-convened the Global Call to Action on child survival with Ethiopia and United States. At that time, more than 700 leaders from around the world came together to commit to reducing child deaths to 20 per 1,000 births or less by 2035.

6 February 2013 The US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dan Mozena, visited the Shibpasha Union Health and Family Welfare Center in Ajmiriganj Upazila of Habiganj District, a MaMoni project site. This USAID associate award to the MCHIP Program is being implemented by Save the Children and two local nongovernmental organizations (Shimantik and FIVDB). It is an integrated safe motherhood, newborn care, and family planning project.

26 December 2012 Today, Bangladesh's online bdnews24.com said: "The Health and Family Welfare Minister on Wednesday floated the idea of engaging schoolgirls in identifying pregnant women in rural Bangladesh to ensure safe births."