October 2011

October 04, 2011
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One Woman's Work to Build a Healthy Community in Peru

Health Systems Strengthening
Women & Gender

"Leading a community to become healthy is not just a male thing," says Águida Curo Vican, president of the Local Development Committee of Tutumbaru in Peru’s Ayacucho region.

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October 05, 2011
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Not a Bicycle, But a Canoe

HIV & AIDS
Women & Gender

Three decades ago, life in the lakeside village of Zambo was calm.

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October 07, 2011
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Nigerian Minister Pate Aims to Save a Million Lives, Improve Quality of Care

Health Systems Strengthening

The future is indeed bright for public health in Nigeria, judging from what Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Honorable Minister of State for Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said at the Africare House in Washington, D.C. on September 21. The event, Innovative Approaches to Expanding Health Care Services, was co-sponsored by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), fhi360, the Anadach Group, and hosted by Africare.

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October 12, 2011
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USAID's Support Leads to Improved Care for Guyanese Woman with Mental Illness and HIV

HIV & AIDS
Women & Gender

Joanie, a woman from Linden, Guyana who is mentally ill, was diagnosed HIV positive in 2005. Her mental illness prevented her from accessing health services and support. Her HIV remained untreated. She rejected the attempts of relatives and friends to assist her, and spent most of the day on the bank of the nearby Demerara River, refusing to wear clothes.

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October 18, 2011
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Togolese Celebrate 250 New Community Health Care Workers

Health Systems Strengthening
Women & Gender

An estimated 400 people gathered in Asram, Togo, to watch a ceremony introducing 250 newly-trained community health workers -- part of the Action for West Africa Region II (AWARE II) project, supported by USAID and led by MSH.

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October 19, 2011
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Developing Leaders among Nurses in Aswan: 'We Are the Ones to Make Changes Happen'

Health Systems Strengthening
Women & Gender

Samiha Badawy, a nurse at the Al Sabaeyya Hospital in Aswan, Eqypt, other nurses, health managers and Directorate of Health staff, are learning how to improve infection control and patient safety through a leadership development program called Improving the Performance of Nurses (IPN).

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October 21, 2011
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Can We Eliminate Pediatric HIV?

HIV & AIDS
US Global Health Policy

We know how to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. But without intervention nearly 40 percent of mothers with HIV/AIDS in developing countries will transmit the virus to their newborns.

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October 28, 2011
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USAID in Guyana: Miriam Changing Lives in Her Community

HIV & AIDS
Women & Gender

At age 14, Miriam turned to commercial sex work to provide for her family. Read Miriam's story: sex worker, peer educator, and founder of a community-based organization in Guyana.

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