While we have seen huge gains over the past 20 years, worldwide responses to the HIV epidemic are still failing to address the needs of many groups. […]
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Strengthening HIV linkage and retention through improved community & facility collaboration in Botswana
USAID ASSIST work in Botswana demonstrates the potential role communities can play in improving community and facility collaboration. […]
Uganda Hosts First International Symposium on Community Health Workers
The three-day event brought together more than 450 researchers, academics, practitioners, policy makers, donors and students from 22 countries. […]
Improving Equitable Access to Lifesaving Maternal Health Care in Rural Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, there has been a remarkable – but inequitable – shift in cultural norms from delivering babies at home to delivery at health facilities. […]
Why Equity Matters for Health
Despite overall progress in reducing maternal and child deaths, significant inequities persist. […]
Making Community Systems the Bedrock of Global Health Investments
Around the world, committees that design and oversee implementation of Global Fund grants include people who are living with or affected by the diseases. […]
Strong Government Leadership & Management are Key to Building Sustainable Community Health Systems
As countries seek more local sustainability, identifying partners and understanding opportunities for collaboration become all the more important. […]
Communities: The key to unlocking better health for every child
There is growing recognition that communities are key to unlocking better health – that if we want to expand access to health and improve quality of care, communities must be at the center. […]
Community-Based Maternal Health Care: Meeting Women Where They Are
All women deserve respectful, culturally sensitive, women-centered care that takes into account how, where and with whom they want to receive maternal health care. […]
Mobile Health Teams in Haiti Offer an Extensive Menu of Family Planning Methods to Women in Need
Mobile health teams in Haiti are taking a vast array of family planning methods and services to women in remote communities. […]
