A key component of quality health care For more than two decades, Jhpiego has supported global and country immunization programs. Jhpiego prioritizes vaccination throughout a person’s life, integrated approaches, equal access for all, and innovations in vaccine devices and programs. Our expertise in immunization is grounded in our more than 50 years of developing the health
Lifesaving Care Delivered in the Community For more than 20 years, we have worked to reduce the global burden of HIV by testing people for HIV, supporting people on treatment, circumcising males to reduce their chance of getting HIV and offering oral pre-exposure prophylaxis to people at risk. With an estimated 39 million people living
Why are pregnant women at risk of malaria? Pregnancy reduces a woman’s immunity to malaria, which makes her more susceptible to malaria infection and increases her risk of illness. In pregnant women, malaria can lead to severe anemia, miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, delivery of low-birthweight babies and death. Women in their first pregnancy are most
