MAY 2020 | Learn how Jhpiego’s team in South Africa supports the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on people living with HIV. Meet a nurse in India who provides essential care for women and families during the pandemic. And find out why Nigerian midwives counsel expectant mothers to make lifestyle changes.

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Jhpiego Delivers Hope, Safeguards Health in South Africa during Pandemic

As they deal with the highest number of COVID-19 cases on the continent, South African health care workers still deliver essential services.

Visit the Field

Puja Malakar is among the countless frontline health care providers who bravely face no end of challenging decisions as they work through the pandemic.

Meet Midwife Patricia

Midwives and nurses in Nigeria are newly focused on preventing and treating noncommunicable diseases, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which rank among the leading indirect causes of maternal death.

Get Technical

Moving Respectful Maternity Care into Practice in Comprehensive MCSP Maternal and Newborn Programs provides policymakers, program managers and civil society members with a flexible process to guide the design, implementation and monitoring of efforts to strengthen respectful maternity care. Briefers summarizing key points are available in French and English.

Donate:

Jhpiego is on the frontlines, fighting COVID-19 in countries across the world. Your gifts are urgently needed to keep health workers safe, stop the pandemic in its tracks and save lives.

Tune In

Attend a webinar featuring a panel of nursing leaders on Thursday, May 28, at 11 a.m. EDT. Don’t be late: Jhpiego President and CEO Leslie Mancuso will deliver the opening remarks, setting the stage for an important discussion about mobilizing transformative leadership within communities based on gender equity.

Register now for What Do We Teach Our Daughters? Nurses, Women and Prosperity.

Massoma Jafari, a Jhpiego-trained midwife and former vice president of the Afghan Midwives Association, reflects on the May 12 maternity ward attack in Kabul:

“It is difficult to stop my tears . . . The world, international communities, Jhpiego, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) should not give up.”

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