Last month, Ethiopia reached a milestone in its One Health efforts, successfully conducting a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Preparedness and Response Plan (PRP) Tabletop Simulation Exercise that illustrated the country’s readiness to combat an outbreak of this potential pandemic threat. One Health efforts—the interdisciplinary...
Reflections from the CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference Since October 2018 when the World Health Organization (WHO) released the WHO Guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes, we at the HRH2030 Program have all welcomed its important...
Zubaedah (“Zuby”) Sjahrizal is the senior technical advisor for the HRH2030 activity in Indonesia. She brings a deep knowledge of Indonesia’s health system to her role, having more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Early in her career, Zuby was director of...
You're Invited! . June 13, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT | Chemonics International, 1717 H Street NW, 1st Floor, Washington, DC . USAID is partnering with countries to build high-quality health systems that are accessible, accountable, affordable, and reliable. The provision of health services to...
Munashe Nykia is a registered nurse in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also serves as a Global Young Nurse Representative on the board for the Nursing Now Campaign which is run in association with the International Council of Nurses with support from the World Health Organization....
This blog originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition website. This year’s theme for the International Day of the Midwife, commemorated on May 5, is “Midwives: Defenders of Women’s Rights.” This includes the right for every midwife—and all health workers—to decent work and a...
With the much-anticipated Universal Health Care Act signed into law on February 20, 2019, the Philippine government appointed a national taskforce to develop its implementing rules and regulations. USAID's HRH2030 program is happy to announce the government designated Philippines Project Director Dr. Marilyn Lorenzo...
May 2019: Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Health Workforce Dear Colleagues, Earlier this week, the United Nations held its multi-stakeholder hearing in advance of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage that will take place during the UN General Assembly in September. In advance...
Emma Clark is director for maternal, newborn, and child health at Chemonics International, where she also serves as a project manager unit director for HRH2030 activities in Indonesia. A certified nurse-midwife, Emma shared with us her thoughts on why midwives matter as we celebrate...
In many parts of the world, midwives are the main caregivers for women and their newborns during pregnancy, labor, childbirth, and postpartum. Qualified and adequately resourced midwives can prevent complications through the maternity continuum of care and avert unnecessary maternal and newborn deaths and...