Blog November 12, 2015 Improving health care for pregnant women through Birth Companions Training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in simple outreach work can save the lives of pregnant women.
Field Story November 3, 2015 Helping to deliver healthy pregnancies and babies in Kenya Alexina is a 22 year old pregnant woman from the Bumanyi village in Kakamega, a county in Kenya with some of the worst maternal and newborn health indicators.
Blog October 29, 2015 A question of surveys Learn why we think dietary data provides countries with the evidence they need to develop cost-effective programs that benefit the entire population and the most vulnerable.
Blog October 16, 2015 From hopelessness to action in Ethiopia: the significance of the Seqota Declaration With the Seqota Declaration, the Ethiopian government committed to ending childhood undernutrition by 2030. Adbulaziz Adish, a doctor in Ethiopia, is full of hope for the future of his country.
Field Story October 15, 2015 “Zinc and ORS saved my child’s life” A training session for frontline health workers is underway in Shivpuri, a quiet village in the Kishanpur block of Supaul district in Bihar, India.
Blog October 8, 2015 Vitamin A: a little hero on World Sight Day World Sight Day, I’m struck by how much Canadians have already contributed towards one key aspect of eye care – preventing blindness - through vitamin A.
Blog October 1, 2015 Why economists are making the case for stunting reduction Approximately 162 million children are stunted. Stunted children complete less school, have less learning and earning opportunities, and stunted moms are more likely to give birth to stunted children
Field Story September 29, 2015 Shobha’s story: How her daughter was helped by the local ASHA Shobha Devi, a homemaker in the Salkhua village of Saharsa district in Bihar, India, is busy cleaning the house, her one-year-old daughter, Shrishti, is comfortably perched on her hip.
Field Story September 23, 2015 MI reaches underserved rural communities in Ethiopia For the past nine years, Tibeltalech Kifle has been a Health Extension Worker (HEW) in South Gondar, in the Amahara Regional State of Ethiopia.
