Maryjane Lacoste
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Country Director-Tanzania
Maryjane Lacoste is a public health programming specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of international public health development.
She has managed the implementation of maternal and child health projects in Tanzania, Indonesia and Malawi, and has managed or supported related international public health projects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zimbabwe. She is currently Jhpiego’s Country Director in Tanzania, managing a varied program portfolio with an annual budget of $20M.
Posts By Maryjane Lacoste
Wampembe, Tanzania—In this remote corner of western Tanzania, where the nearest hospital is four hours away on a rutted, rock-strewn dirt road, pregnant women are relying on midwives Adelina Kizzila and Flora Mwananjela to help them give birth safely and
deliver healthy newborns. I visited the Wampembe Health Center, where these midwives work, and quickly discovered the precariousness of giving birth here.
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Zanzibar City, Zanzibar – When nurses broke the news to Omari Ali that his premature, twin boys were in need of specialized care from him, the 27-year-old father looked worried and confused.
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