“Two Liberian Nurses on Why They Are Grateful for Family Planning Support |”
CCIH member Jerilyn Cox Hoover interviewed nurses Philomena Diggs and Yenneh Flomo to write this story about how outside support from Bread for the World Germany helps women time and space pregnancies in Liberia. The nurses are County Field Officers for the Christian Health Association of Liberia (CHAL),...
“Thanks to U.S. Support, A Malawi Family Has Better Health, A Happier Marriage, and Financial Security”
After losing their second child, a struggling family in Malawi received help from a program supported by USAID and through the Palladium Group and the Evangelical Association of Malawi. The family received help with timing and spacing of pregnancies and marital counseling. Now they have a healthy family,...
Monitoring Environmental Health in Maternal and Newborn Health Programs in Health Care Facilities
Many health care facilities in low-and middle-income countries have substandard water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and lack adequate infection prevention and control items, policies, protocols, and behaviors. These inadequate conditions lead to higher rates of health care acquired infections and increased rates of morbidity and mortality. The...
“A Message of Thanks from Uganda to the American People”
U.S. support for global health programs are having significant impact across the globe, something that Olivia Nangendo the Human Resources and Administration Manager at St. Stephen’s Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda witnesses first hand. The hospital is owned by the Anglican Church of Uganda in Mpererwe in the Namirembe...