During COVID-19, we all experienced the chilling sensation of a world on stand still in the face of a deadly virus. We can identify with the panic and uncertainty that gripped the world when the virus was declared a global pandemic. Families shut their windows and doors in fear; churches fell silent, markets lay abandoned
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Mountain Men’s Health: HIV Prevention at Africa’s Heights
In the remote and rugged landscape of Lesotho, high in the Drakensberg Mountains, 34-year-old herdsman Retsélisitsoe Tséle was tending his cattle with others from his community in Butha-Buthe district. As he herded his cattle across the vast plains near the Afriski Resort area, he was met by the RISE (Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic) Lesotho
Braving the Storm: Prepared for Public Health Emergencies
Jhpiego provided the technical aspect of the training on infection prevention and control and coordinated with the health ministry to identify the responders who had been trained by WHO during the COVID-19 crisis.