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Investing in oxygen before the pandemic gave Ethiopia a head start in its COVID-19 response
In Ethiopia, pneumonia accounts for 18 percent of all child deaths. Hypoxemia, or low blood oxygen, is a common and deadly complication of pneumonia. Medical oxygen is the only treatment.
Armed with a blood pressure machine, a community health worker saves a patient’s life in rural Zambia
Working with the Ministry of Health Zambia, CHAI, and other partners procured and distributed BP machines, thermometers, timers and bicycles to 600 community health assistants to support community surveillance of non-communicable diseases in Northern, Muchinga, Luapula, Copperbelt, North-Western, and Central provinces.
5 Questions with Niken Widyastuti
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Miles away from the nearest health facility, pregnant women in rural Zambia face deadly challenges
She was in labor and a 12 mile walk to the nearest health facility when complications began. On the International Day of Rural Women, we look at the barriers rural women face in accessing urgent maternal, newborn, and reproductive health services – and how CHAI is responding in Zambia.
New pediatric formulation for HIV treatment hits the ground in six African countries
The strawberry-flavored formulation of the WHO’s recommended first-line treatment for HIV is designed to overcome many of the barriers that stop young children taking their medication properly.
Actualizing global agreements: Increasing medical oxygen supply to hospitals in Zambia
CHAI and AFROX Zambia are helping the government of Zambia improve the availability of medical oxygen in the country, while also building a framework for local contractual agreements that could form the basis of longer-term purchasing deals by governments and global agencies that fund access to medical oxygen to avoid supply shortages.
5 Questions with Hervé Afanda Messi
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Community health worker sustains continuity of essential services despite COVID-19 restrictions and community fears
How one community health worker in Zambia ensured children continued to receive essential services despite COVID-19 restrictions and community fears.
5 Questions with Arnaud Le Menach
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