Dindori, India –– Amrita Sahu stands before a group of adolescents and holds up a menstrual pad. It’s a bold move in a farming village in central India’s tribal belt where conversations about sexual and reproductive health among young people are taboo and adolescents have few opportunities to ask questions about their bodies. “Everybody knows
With a passion for connecting with the community to improve their health, community health officer (CHO) Pranav Kumar divides his workday in two. He spends the first half of his day providing comprehensive primary health care services at the Lagma Health and Wellness Center (HWC) in Sitamarhi District, Bihar, managing services and overseeing his team.
Exciting news! The Jhpiego-led, Unitaid-funded AMPLI-PPHI (Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact) project has reached tens of thousands of women with critical drugs to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. The project, operating now in four countries — Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, India, and Kenya
