The numbers tell an amazing story of health care providers striving to control the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: One million vulnerable people vaccinated 13 provinces reached 102 mobile brigades and health facilities contributing 5,550 members of the community trained in COVID-19 vaccine-related topics to counter misinformation 65 health care providers leading the vaccination strategy To
BALTIMORE, MD – Governor Larry Hogan, alongside the World Trade Center Institute (WTCI), the Maryland Department of Commerce, and business leaders from around the state today presented Dr. Leslie Mancuso, the President and CEO of Jhpiego, with the 2021 Governor’s Award in recognition of her sustained leadership in global health and support of the state’s
An estimated 17 million children did not receive a single vaccine to prevent disease in 2020. These children, known as “zero-dose children,” are more likely to suffer from illness and die. A majority of these children live in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities that lack health services. While efforts to reach these children with vaccines for such
