Using a simple tool, a nurse-midwife in India ensures that pregnant women and children in her remote village receive lifesaving vaccinations. […]
Writer: Immunization
Bringing Communities and Health Workers Together to Expand Immunization Coverage
In honor of World Immunization Week, we look at why immunization rates have stagnated among the world’s poorest children. […]
USAID Features MCSP blog – “You Can’t Save Lives if you Don’t Fight Pneumonia”
Since passing the 500 day countdown in August, the global public health community has talked a lot about what it will take to meet the ambitious Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). And one thing is clear: achieving MDG 4 – to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 – will not be realized without better addressing pneumonia, the leading killer in children under 5. […]