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…
Mary Hlema, a 43-year-old mother from Enukweni village in Malawi, highlights the impact of family planning on her life. “It gives you enough space to allow kids to grow properly. When kids have followed each other very closely, it is difficult to manage them. But when they are spaced out, even when…
Ginika Nniekwe, a 32-year-old housewife and mother of four, lives in the Okputimo-Onunkwuago community near Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. She received antenatal care at a health clinic in her community and recalled listening to a health worker discuss the benefits of chlorhexidine 4% gel (CHX…
Continuous access to quality and cost-effective pharmaceuticals is critical to USAID programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Long customs clearance cycles, insecurity, and infrastructural challenges such as damaged roads and country size create risks of stockouts of the lifesaving…
Mali has one of the world's highest fertility rates, where the average woman will give birth six times in her lifetime, and approximately 24 percent of women in Mali report that they wish to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception. Access to family planning helps women…
In Zambia, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an extension of health facilities, reaching into surrounding communities to provide health education and basic services. CHWs support the national policy that every Zambian should have equity of access to cost-effective, quality healthcare services as…
Sierra Leone’s health supply chain has been operating its logistics management of health commodities using the 2010 version of SOP Manual Logistics Management of Health Commodities. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) has adopted different structures, technologies, and tools to improve the…