June 24, 2024
Twenty-four-year-old Theresa moved from her hometown in Kwara State to the capital city of Abuja in search of greener pastures. She had hoped to get a job in the city, save money, and return to school. Armed with ambition and determination…
Meet Veronica Finu, midwife at Adawso Health Center in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Labor is her favorite part of her job. To ensure safe delivery for the mothers in her care, she must have quality oxytocin on hand. Oxytocin manages bleeding during and after childbirth, but must be kept cold to…
Sixty-year-old Jolly Mubanga and his wife have four children and two grandchildren, and live in Ndola, Zambia’s third-largest city. Both are on treatment for HIV/AIDS and receive their medicines through multi-month dispensing (MMD), a strategy that moves patients from monthly to three- or six-month…
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a dire problem in Kenya. There are already high levels of resistance to common first-line drugs and rising infections from life-threatening…
For many health care workers in South Africa, access to information on medicine availability is vital to adequately service the health care needs of their patients. To acquire this data, health establishment staff and pharmacy managers have been developing various medicine availability reports,…
The World Health Organization has provided guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers to wear when caring for patients as the world fights the global COVID-19 pandemic. This PPE includes medical masks, gowns, gloves, and eye protection (goggles or face shields).…
In Ghana, MOH partners with private logistics companies for mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets to students
Over just two weeks in 2019, third-party logistics (3PL) partners in Ghana helped the Ministry of Health (MOH) distribute close to 1.5 million bed nets to students,…