One Health Extension Worker tests more clients for HIV than any other in her area. We examine how. […]
Category: Impact
Indian Facility Embraces Respectful, “Client Centric” Care after MCSP Training
“Women coming for family planning services are not patients,” said Dr. Sachinanda Mishra. “We must treat them like the healthy women they are.” […]
Key to increasing clinic attendance in rural Malawi? Integrating services
Long distances are no longer obstacles to lifesaving services thanks to better trained staff at outreach clinics. […]
Skilled Healthcare Workers in Nigeria are Helping to End Needless Maternal and Newborn Deaths
MCSP has empowered more than 700 healthcare workers from 120 facilities in Ebonyi and Kogi states to provide essential and basic emergency care for pregnant women and newborns. […]
In Tanzania, Linking Underserved Communities to Care is Saving Women and Babies
This World Prematurity Day, we’re celebrating Kangaroo Mother Care, a lifesaving intervention for some of the 15 million babies born too soon every year. […]
In Madagascar, Midwife Uses Data to Eliminate Umbilical Infections
The innovative approach, implemented by MCSP, dropped the facility’s infection rate from 40% to 0% in just two months. […]
Buying Condoms? Contraceptive Questions? Ask Your Hairdresser
This World Contraception Day, we visit Miskaa Salon in Guinea, where stylists use beaded necklaces to demonstrate the menstrual cycle, and chat up the benefits of a long-acting contraceptive methods. […]
Mock Scenarios and Hands-on Trainings Lead to Big Improvements at Liberian Hospital
Hospital staff draws on their own experience to develop workable solutions and improve the quality of care for women and newborns. […]
Tanzania Reduces Infant Mortality with Lifesaving Vaccines
“Let’s go to the village and find this child,” said Nurse Chubwa, who is helping to combat disproportionately low rates of vaccination in three regions of the country. […]
Integrated community case management of childhood illness is happening in Bondo, western Kenya
“When I was discouraged and wanted to quit, they encouraged and mentored me until I was confident in assessing and treating sick children,” said an MCSP-trained community health volunteer. […]
