Jhpiego and Laerdal Global Health team up to encourage mothers of low-birthweight babies to practice skin-to-skin contact by offering a new, easy-to-use wrap.
New Wrap Protects Low-Birthweight Babies in Nepal
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A Conversation with Moses Kitheka, Jhpiego TB Advisor
In 2014, tuberculosis overtook AIDS as the leading infectious disease killer worldwide with 9.6 million people becoming ill and 1.5 million dying of TB. TB remains the leading killer among people living with HIV. Ending the TB epidemic by 2030 is one of the health targets of the newly adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Doctor Is the Face of a State’s Commitment to Family Planning
A known face at Allahabad’s busy District Women’s Hospital—a hospital that caters to about 400 clients per day and 350 births per month—is that of the hospital gynecologist, Dr. Sharmeen Ahmed. She is also a state-level master trainer for postpartum IUCD (PPICUD) services and has trained hundreds of providers from her state of Uttar Pradesh
