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To Empower Women, Don’t Forget the Men

Reverend Songaye George-Buanne — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700

This is no ordinary school, and its lessons will not soon be forgotten. The men of Binkolo village are attending “husband school,” a project of the Fambul Initiative Network for Equality (FINE). They are learning new ways to relate to their wives and daughters, which could have far-reaching benefits for their families—and for the people of Sierra Leone.

In an Unpredictable HIV Vaccine Search, Hope Still Reigns

Mitchell Warren — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:19 -0700

Nothing about AIDS vaccine research and development has ever been easy or straightforward except for one simple truth: to end the AIDS epidemic we will ultimately need an effective vaccine.

Gossip Girls: No Longer A Frivolous Pasttime

Sarah Cole Kammerer — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 -0700

The concept is such: bring women together as a group to discuss maternal health problems facing their communities.

Family Health "Check Up" 2013: Lessons Learned

Gary Darmstadt, Wolfgang Munar, Brian Siems — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 -0700

As we prepared for our annual strategy reviews in Family Health, we took the time to reflect on what we’ve learned over the past year.

Family Health "Check Up": Looking Forward

Gary Darmstadt, Wolfgang Munar — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700

This year’s strategy review process provided an opportunity to look back and reflect on successes and failures in an effort to improve our performance and increase our impact in Family Health. As a result, our outlook includes two cross-cutting areas that we found critical for achieving lasting impact at scale.

Family Planning Taking Its Place on the Global Stage

Gary Darmstadt, Shannon Harris, Monica Kerrigan — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:55 -0700

Our collective intention is to cultivate and promote a global movement for family planning. It is through partnership, collaboration, and the participation of diverse stakeholders that we, as a community, can transform family planning.

Tackling Mental Health Issues Globally? Frontline Health Workers Are Necessary

Inka Weissbecker — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:28:03 -0700

Mental disorders account for more of the world’s disease burden in terms of disability-adjusted life years than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Yet, the vast shortage of mental health professionals and services in low- and middle-income countries prevents many from living and fully functioning in their communities.

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Success Brings Hope to Millions of Women

Dagfinn Høybråten — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 -0700

From this week, the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership that supports vaccination in developing countries, will help countries to introduce the HPV vaccine. By 2020, we estimate that countries will have immunised more than 30 million girls in 40 countries against this silent killer.

What Will it Take for Zambia to Eliminate Malaria?

Hope Randall — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:08:00 -0700

Now the country has an ambitious new goal: to begin work to end malaria transmission once and for all. PATH staff recently sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Chizema Kawesha to discuss the Zambia’s new strategy.

Mom Bloggers Support the State of the World's Mothers Annual Report

Jennifer James — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:22:00 -0700

Supporting the release of Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers report 24 mom bloggers shared their birth stories for 24 straight hours in honor of the many babies who will not live past their first day of life and also to shed light on the vast differences between care we have here and what mothers receive in poorer countries.