Health
Young Doctor Inspires Botswanan Girls to Dream Big and Break Barriers
Photos courtesy of Dr. Aone Gogontle Ditirwa Dr. Aone Gogontle Ditirwa, 25, is from Bobonong, in the Eastern horn of Botswana, and one of the …
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Strengthening School Feeding Systems in Tanzania
For the past 10 years, PCI, a Global Communities Partner, has implemented integrated school feeding programs that help deliver essential nutrition, education, health and development …
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PCI Champions Movement to Advance Black Maternal Health, Rights, and Justice
Black women are three times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women. Many of these deaths are preventable, and research indicates their …
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Kalba Community Benefits from the USAID Small Town Water System Approach
Traditional community-based rural water systems with their shallow wells and handpumps often do not provide sustainable water services. Pumps often break down and wells dry …
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School WASH Protects Students and Promotes Healthy Learning
Almost half of schools worldwide have no hand-washing facilities and around one-third of schools do not have safe water supplies or adequate sanitation (WHO/Unicef 2020). …
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Equitable Access to Sanitation and Water Supply in the U.S. Can Benefit from Lessons Learned in Developing Countries
This commentary is by Eddy Perez, Global Communities Technical Director for Water and Sanitation I was wrong about water supply and sanitation in the United …
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Global Communities Commissions Two Small Town Water Systems at Kalba and Tinjaase in Commemoration of World Water Day
Global Communities, under the USAID-funded Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Health project has commissioned two Small Town Water Systems in Kalba and Tinjase in …
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Local Authorities Rapidly Respond to the Safety of Mothers and Newborn Health in Taiz
The war in Yemen has presented a formidable challenge to health care facilities and maternal health services during the conflict, putting thousands of mothers’ lives …
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‘Global Community’ Provides Water for Tinjase Community
This article was originally published by GhanaWeb Global Communities, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has handed over a potable water system for the community of Tinjase, …
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Kalba Community Gets Potable Water
This article was originally published on GhanaWeb A water system has been inaugurated at Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region to extend …
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Enhanced Well-being for Millions of Families in India
A Story of Transformative Integration at Scale A series of papers recently published in the Journal of Global Health tells the story of Ananya, an …
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A Household Gets A Veronica Bucket After Handwashing Sensitization In School
The WASH for Health (W4H) project has been promoting handwashing as a key hygiene behaviour among Ghanaian households and basic school students since its inception …
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Improving WASH in Health Care Facilities
In Ghana, one place apart from home to feel cared for is a Health Care Facility (HCF). Not only are the health personnel professional, but …
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United States Donates Mobile Testing Unit to Fight COVID-19 in Moneragala
This article originally was published by the US Embassy in Sri Lanka January 13:Â The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional …
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Preventing Unnecessary Cervical Cancer Deaths in Zambia
Worldwide, women and girls are needlessly suffering from a disease that is preventable and curable. Cervical cancer has historically been overlooked by health systems, but …
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USAID SCORE in Sri Lanka Provides 4,000 Hygiene Kits to Help Vulnerable Women During COVID-19
By Kathya de Silva Senarath Over the last month, the U.S. Government donated 4,000 personal hygiene kits to low-income women in the Western Province in …
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USAID SCORE in Sri Lanka Supports Hospitals and Health Offices in Matara and Kalutara to Contain COVID-19 Spread
With the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, health authorities experienced an urgent need of personal protective equipment (PPE) to contain the …
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USAID HEWS Program to Provide Post-Hurricane Shelter and WASH Support in Honduras
To respond to the substantial emergency needs brought on by recent hurricanes in Honduras, Global Communities has launched Honduras Emergency WASH and Shelter (HEWS), a …
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