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Integrating Family Planning, HIV, and MNCH Services in Ethiopia and Kenya
By Ed Scholl, AIDSTAR-One Project Director, AIDSTAR-One is funded by USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS, and provides rapid technical assistance to USAID and U.S. Government country teams to build effective, well-managed, and sustainable HIV and AIDS programs and promotes new leadership in the global campaign against HIV. Alice arrives at a health center in Western Province, [...]
Maternal Death Preventable and Treatable with Low-Cost Interventions
Submitted by Deborah Armbruster, Sr. Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor In September, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that fewer women die each year from complications during pregnancy and childbirth than previously estimated, but efforts to sharply cut maternal mortality by 2015 are still off track. A new report found that 358,000 women died during [...]
Zambia: Where the Roads End, Logistics Continue
Mwanawina Rural Health Center is located approximately 80 kilometers from Mongu, the capital of Zambia’s Western province. Each year, during the rainy season, the facility becomes inaccessible by motor vehicles. To get drugs and medical supplies to the health center, the District Health Office hires an ox cart—the only reliable transport through the flooded plains [...]
Sudan Takes Another Step in Its Peace Process
Submitted by Diana Harper Last week we reported on the successful and peaceful close of voter registration in Sudan for January’s referendum on southern independence. In another promising development, this month Blue Nile state began popular consultations, a political process guaranteed by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended Sudan’s violent, 22-year civil war. [...]
From the Field
In Mozambique, as part of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), we will launch the Malaria Communities Program (MCP). This program will support the efforts of communities and indigenous organizations to combat malaria. The primary beneficiary groups of the MCP are children under five and pregnant women. In Zambia, a rural health center built with support [...]
When Lights Come Back on, New Asia Training Center Glows Green
By: Kelly Ramundo Thirty-one floors up on the Bangkok skyline, on December 14, aid veteran Jim Bednar was in the middle of a touching reflection on his decades of Foreign Service when the lights went out. It was exactly 7:00pm, and Bednar had just been sworn in as Mission Director to Sri Lanka, his ceremony [...]
Solving Transportation Problems and Preventing AIDS Deaths in Lesotho
USAID’s Strong Partnership with Israel Ensured Rapid Response During Disaster
The wildfires that ravaged large areas of Mount Carmel forest, killing 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes in the Northern Israel in early December, were halted with the help of local and international emergency teams. The intensive coordination efforts of USAID West Bank and Gaza with the Government of Israel enabled the rapid mobilization [...]
Voter Registration for Referendum Completed in Sudan
Submitted by Diana Harper Last week, voter registration for the January referendum on self-determination for southern Sudan came to a close in Sudan after a process described as peaceful, well-managed, and participatory. To see first-hand what voter registration was like, USAID staff captured video at the registration kickoff in Juba, the regional capital of southern [...]
