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
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
Increasing Our Impact Digital health is integral to our approach to designing innovative, effective and low-cost health care solutions to elevate quality of care. These solutions increase the impact of our work in strengthening health care systems and developing local human capacity to save lives and improve the health of women and their families. We identify six
