By Krithika Murali Nurse Akumla had studied, worked and sacrificed so much, all to ensure that underserved women living in one of India’s most remote and rugged regions—Longleng district in the far northeastern state of Nagaland—have access to safe reproductive health...
Originally Posted on www.equipop.org. Organisations and activists working on gender equality throughout the world have played an important role in responding to Covid-19. This role has been threefold: as observers of the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on...
By Dawn Macahilo. Originally posted on www.findmymethod.org People in the Philippines never fail to provide a comic relief even in times like the coronavirus pandemic. Take for instance the parents of two newborns who named their respective offspring “Covid Bryant”...
By Spotlight Initiative. Originally posted on SpotlightInitiative.org. On 14 April, Joyce Johnson, 23, gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia. She was lucky – the hospital is the only public facility in the area and has just 200...
By Koki Agarwal. Originally posted on jhpiego.org. Director of MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership urges a renewed focus on decentralized, community-based, client-centered services With the prospect of delivering an effective COVID-19 vaccine ever changing,...