by Rob Hill | Sep 5, 2019
Women in Zambia face a lifetime risk of 1 in 100 of dying in pregnancy or childbirth, and 1 in 37 infants die in their first month of life. Many of these deaths are a result of delay in seeking care. While many women know to go to a health facility to improve their...
by Chai Dev | Aug 1, 2019
In a small village in rural east-central Uganda, baby Josephin is happily babbling to her mother Kevina and crawling around the yard. She has recovered from a bout of bad diarrhea that she was suffering from just one day ago. Josephin is one of the lucky ones. She was...
by Corina Milic | Jul 26, 2019
Twenty-five years ago, tackling a challenge as large as the elimination of a deadly disease in five years was unthinkable in Rwanda. In 1994, the country had just emerged from a devastating genocide which took the lives of over one million people and left its health...
by Corina Milic | Apr 25, 2019
Today is World Malaria Day, an international observance commemorated every year to recognize global progress in the fight against malaria. Although great successes have been achieved since the early 2000s, malaria still contributes to over 400,000 deaths annually....
by Corina Milic | Mar 19, 2019
Every day at primary health centers across Nigeria, the Officer In-Charge (OIC) manages the routine immunization (RI) program, which ensures that hundreds of children under the age of one safely receive their required vaccinations at the right time. The OIC’s role is...
by Corina Milic | Mar 12, 2019
“Integration and optimization are at the cutting edge of where diagnostic innovation is going to be in the next few years. The question is, how do we get there?”— Trevor Peter, Senior Scientific Director of Diagnostics Services for the Clinton Health Access...
