Gender Equity and Health: Developing Women Leaders

Gender Equity and Health: Developing Women Leaders

February 2012

Women throughout the world face a stacked deck when it comes to health. In South Sudan, a country ravaged by five decades of civil war, women know this battle all too well.
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MSH Assists UN Commission on Lifesaving Medicines for Mothers

Management Sciences for Health assisted a UN Commission inquiry into overlooked lifesaving commodities for women's and children's health.
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Upper Egypt Nursing Team Earns Top Ten Ranking for Hospital Infection Control

Sohier and colleagues visit students. Luxor, Egypt.

A Luxor hospital nursing team has earned top ten ranking among 400 Egyptian hospitals for excellence in infection control. Read More.

Accessing Family Planning Services in Bekiina Village, Uganda

Seven women, including Doreen, pioneered the acceptance of long-acting family planning methods in Bekiina village, Uganda. Read More.

Goodness Dlamini: Living Positively with HIV in Swaziland

"I want to see more women living like me, moving away from being sickly to living a healthy, productive life," said Goodness Dlamini, a 39-year-old "mentor mother" who supports and educates women on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Swaziland. Read More.

Note to a Midwife

Mbambu is a midwife who works at a health center in rural Western Uganda. Read More.

Dr. Diana Silimperi: Addressing Gender-Based Challenges Globally

MSH spoke with Dr. Diana Silimperi, MD, Vice President of MSH's Center for Health Services, regarding global gender-based challenges to health, and MSH's approaches to improving the health status of the most vulnerable people in the countries MSH serves. Read More.

MSH Mourns Death of Congressman Donald Payne: Global Health Community Loses Inspirational Leader

MSH's Dr. Negussu Mekonnen Receives Award for Role in ICASA Success

Event March 7: Global Health in Focus: Why Global Health Matters

A Small Step: Educating Mothers on Family Planning on Immunization Days

Dispelling Family Planning Myths in the DRC

Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDO) Program: Improving Access to Medicines in Tanzania

The Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDO) Program improves access to essential medicines and pharmaceutical services in rural and underserved areas of Tanzania. Most of the medicine shop owners who have completed the accreditation program are women.

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"If we only look to those in official positions of power, we may be missing the most influential leaders to develop and empower: the women in the households and on the frontlines of the health system," explain Dr. Belkis Giorgis and MSH President Dr. Jonathan Quick. Read More.

Peru Healthy Communities and Municipalities II

Rural Peruvian Community Project Named One of PAHO's Best Gender and Health Practices
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected the Healthy Communities and Municipalities II project in Tutumbaru as a Best Practice in Gender and Health. Águida Curo Vicaña, president of the local development committee, will represent the project at PAHO's International Women's Day celebration in Washington, DC.
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