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Catch up on the latest from Jhpiego, from our partners, from our experts in the field, and from the people and communities we support.

Meet the People We Serve

Jhpiego’s global reach is vast. One billion people live in communities we support, individuals deserving of quality health care, from the pregnant woman in Nepal to the vulnerable teenager in Mozambique to the young father in Lesotho.

On the Front Lines of Primary Health Care 

A day in the life of a nurse and community health officer in Nagaland, India By Krithika Murali, Katherine Seaton, and Kritika Gupta with support from Ojungsangla Longkumer At 9 a.m., the Mopungchuket Health and Wellness Center in Nagaland, India, opens its doors and Nurse and Community Health Officer Rongsenlila Pongen and her dedicated team

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Making a difference where it matters the most—screening for women’s cancer in India’s villages 

Access to health care is not always about distance, it can also be about awareness and mindset.  By Indrani Kashyap. Photos by Shivani Agrawal. Mangrauli, India – Nurse Babli Pal’s prime location in the center of the village isn’t always enough to draw women and families to the potentially lifesaving services she provides. “They avoid

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 Pursuing Dreams in South Sudan

By Maryalice Yakutchik and Joan Nduta with reporting by Susan Martinez Small Jobs, A Big Start Juba, South Sudan — Zita’s soap business makes spot-on sense in a full-circle kind of way. When she was a girl, her mother took in laundry to earn money so that Zita and her sisters could eat and go

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Integrating family planning with primary health care in Pakistan 

Islamabad, Pakistan — A series of miscarriages prompted Shaista Munir to visit her local health center and discuss ways to prevent getting pregnant again. A mother of three children, Munir met with a health provider who counseled her on a range of family planning options that would meet her needs and allow her to focus

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Shaista Muneer

Women Leading Efforts to Improve Health and Nutrition of Children and Families in Guatemala

By Fernando Arevalo and Indrani Kashyap In the high mountains of Agua Alegre in Huehuetenango, a community of mostly indigenous people in Guatemala, Brende Evelia Tomás is charting a new path in improving the health and welfare of women, children and families. Her recent election to the municipal health commission—as one of three women—has put

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With PrEP, I am in Control…

…and I Choose to Stay Safe from HIV By Charles Wanga Mathare, Nairobi County—While waiting for her son’s turn at the well-baby clinic of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), the only health care provider in the Mathare slum, Ivonta Molenta spotted a young woman handing out brochures. She reached for one but it slipped to

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Partners in Planning

Murki doesn’t make itself, and money doesn’t grow on trees—it takes resourceful entrepreneurs in Reena and Kunna to make their business work. And it takes them something else too: family planning.

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