USAID Impact Photo Credit: Nancy Leahy/USAID

Impact Blog Team

This user hasn't shared any biographical information

Living Positively: The Importance of Pediatric HIV Disclosure

Illustration explaining the importance of medication for children ages 2-6 from AIDSTAR-One’s “Booklet 1: How to Keep Healthy." Photo credit: AIDSTAR-One

Senior Treatment Officer Bisola Ojikutu, at AIDSTAR-One, discusses the positive, transformative effects disclosing an HIV status have for children living with HIV. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

USAID and Merck Put Skin in the Health Finance Game

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. Photo by: Center for Strategic and International Studies / CC BY-NC-SA

USAID and Merck have joined other donors and companies in a massive ramp-up of an existing public health financing program built to help countries that need health supplies get more bang for their buck. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

The Road to a ‘Data Ecosystem’ for Modern Abolitionists

6460554771_5b6300b0f1_b_0

PhD student Dave Blair considers it a tremendous privilege to contribute to the fight against modern day slavery. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Happy Baby, Happy Mama: Private Sector Partnership Gets Results with Vouchers

Scovia Ketusiime holds a Healthy Baby voucher. Photo credit: SHOPS

When Scovia Ketusiime was 24 years old and five months pregnant with her second child she made a purchase that might have saved her life, the life of her baby, and that of her 18-month-old: she bought a voucher.Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Saving Lives of Mothers and Babies through Family Planning

Mother and Child

During the month of May, IMPACT will be highlighting USAID’s work in Global Health. From May 11-17, we will be featuring the important role of mothers and partnerships in Global Health. With memories of Mother’s Day in the U.S. this past weekend still fresh in the mind—family gatherings, celebrations, festive meals, presents, flowers, and more—attention turns to the estimated [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Virginia Tech Students Fight Human Trafficking, One App at a Time

C-TIP Campus Challenge Tech Contest participants meet with Sarah Mendelson, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance. Photo Credit: USAID

Winners of the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Campus Challenge Tech Contest tell us more about their concepts to help end trafficking. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Inspiration for the Journey to an HIV Vaccine

An HIV-positive child at the Muranga District Hospital in Kenya waiting for treatment. Photo credit: Casey Kelbaugh, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University School of Public Health

All the evidence today suggests that, if we persevere, it is just a matter of time before HIV vaccines become available. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Road to Impact: A Small Business Journey with USAID

Small business owner Arnoise Clerveaux (in back) sits in her shop in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on March 24, 2011. Photo credit: Kendra Helmer/USAID

Social Impact, recipient of the 2012 USAID Small Business of Year Award, offers tips for growing your small business with USAID. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Join My Village Lift Women and Girls out of Poverty

WCDphoto2

Join My Village helps to lift women and girls out of poverty through education while also providing sustainable improvement in maternal and newborn health. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

“How to Work with USAID” 101

Honduras: Improved Agricultural Diversification Assist in Econom

A small business partner offers tips to other organizations interested in working with USAID. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Page 2 of 81:« 1 2 3 4 5 »Last »