Assistant Administrator for Global Health reflects on the progress that USAID has made in the Latin America and Caribbean region in ending preventable child and maternal deaths. Read more >>
Tag archives for Child health
From the Field in Zimbabwe: Unexpectedly HIV-Free
Through USAID and partners’ efforts, the percentage of babies born HIV-positive has decreased significantly in Zimbabwe. Read more >>
Demographic and Health Survey Show Positive Results in Haiti
A newly released nationwide health survey of Haiti shows continuing positive trends on key health-care indicators in particular those of Haitian women and children. Read more >>
Making a Fifth Birthday Within Reach
It’s been a year since the United States joined UNICEF and the governments of Ethiopia and India in a bold pledge to end preventable child deaths within a generation. Read more >>
SPRING to Better Nutrition Across the Globe
Maternal undernutrition is correlated with the risk of developing nutrition related non-communicable diseases later in life. Read more >>
SMART Training Enables Egyptian Woman to Educate Community on Nutrition, Healthy Behaviors
USAID-funded SMART project focuses on improving maternal and neonatal health and nutrition, and works through community development associations in Upper and Lower Egypt. Read more >>
Maryan’s Milk Mustache
A little girl recovers from malnutrition thanks to an USAID-funded milk voucher program in northeastern Kenya. Read more >>
What I Saw and Learned in Southeast Asia and Why I Left Inspired
Chelsea Clinton reflects on her travels across Southeast Asia, delivering clean water as part of Procter & Gamble’s Clinton Global Initiative commitment in Myanmar. Read more >>
MCHIP’s Respectful Maternity Care Toolkit Promotes Positive Attitudes in the Care of Women and Newborns
USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) launches the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) Toolkit. Read more >>
Women Deliver: Bold Visions for Women’s and Girls’ Health and Rights
I’ve just returned from an inspiring and thought-provoking week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where leaders and advocates from 149 countries gathered for the Women Deliver 2013 conference. Read more >>
