JULY 2020 | Get to know a COVID-savvy cough officer in Mozambique, and learn how health care providers in Nepal are reaching out in new ways to survivors of gender-based violence, even as the COVID-19 lockdowns stoke fears. In Nigeria, upgraded emergency operations centers are enabling informed decision-making during the pandemic.

Nepal Tackles Gender-Based Violence Amplified by Pandemic

Visit the Field

Critical upgrades to Emergency Operations Centers across Nigeria are bolstering efforts to mitigate and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Africa’s most populous country.

Meet Cough Officer Carolina

Health care workers charged with identifying and tracking TB in Mozambique are on the frontlines in the battle against the novel coronavirus.

Get Technical

Findings from this study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, identify individual-level risk factors that could predict health care providers’ mistreatment of women during childbirth, and show the importance of reducing stress and promoting respectful maternity care among Ethiopian midwifery students to improve treatment of women during childbirth.

Donate

Your gifts are urgently needed so that health care providers on the frontlines of COVID-19 can keep safe as they deliver lifesaving care. With your support, we can help nurses and midwives go about their daily jobs—as they prevent and contain outbreaks of the novel coronavirus.

Tune In

Register now for this second knowledge exchange webinar in a three-part series by the US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership. Continuity of Services for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health will take place Thursday, July 23 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. EDT, with country leaders discussing practical strategies to mitigate the disruption of essential services for child health and immunization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrating 15!

For 15 years, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative has saved millions of lives—mostly of pregnant women and young children. Virtual mentorship is keeping malaria services buzzing even during Zimbabwe’s lockdown.

Read the Story

Johns Hopkins University Affiliate

View in Browser | Forward to a Friend