MSH's Innovation Challenge (INCH) Fund Supports Mobile Learning in Malawi 

Capitalizing on the successes demonstrated by various mobile technology health projects, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) recently funded a pilot project to test the use of mobile learning to improve access to and use of correct health information among community health workers in Salima through the MSH Innovation Challenge (INCH) Fund. Read more.

Uganda: Improved Medicine Records Help Patients, Health Care Workers 

Until recently, Ugandan health care workers and facilities faced scattered and incomplete recording information on prescribed and dispensed medicines, hindering consistent and proper patient care. Read More.

HIV Support Group Members Benefit from Interest-Free Loan Program in Nigeria 

"Our lives have been improved with small loans," said members of Nasara Support Group, a group that provides psychosocial and other support to HIV-positive men and women, and offers access to an interest-free loan program through USAID's, PEPFAR-funded, MSH-led Prevention Organizational Systems AIDS Care and Treatment (ProACT) project.Read More.

mHealth Reduces Maternal Mortality in Rwandan District 

A national roll-out of RapidSMS --- a mobile phone texting technology that allows community health workers to send simple text messages to facilities regarding significant events of a woman's pregnancy, delivery, and the first year after the infant's birth --- appears to be contributing to reduced maternal mortality in one Rwandan district.
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Twins Delivered Safely Thanks to Early Identification 

Doreen Nalweyiso, a 27-year-old woman living in Mpigi Town Council, Uganda, discovered she was expecting twins during her antenatal visit to the health center that included an ultrasound scan.
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Improved Supply Chain and Retailers' Commitment Expands Condom Access in Guyana 

A Guyanese condom marketing and distribution program that procured condoms from local private sector distributors and resold them to smaller retail outlets in communities where condom outlets were not available, continues to expand condom access after the program ended.
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Option B+ in Malawi: The Origins and Implementation of a Global Health Innovation - A Conversation with Dr. Erik Schouten 

 

The innovation of Option B+ as a public health intervention, in its early stages of implementation in Malawi, is building in popularity, and may prove to be replicable, scalable, cost-effective and efficacious for other countries. MSH spoke with Dr. Erik Schouten, principal technical advisor for HIV and project director supervisor for MSH's Center for Health Services in Malawi, regarding the innovation and national scale-up of Option B+. Read More.

MSH Supports Growing International Acceptance of Option B+, Encourages Country Adoption, Further Research  

From Orphan to Entrepreneur: The story of Sheba Joshua  

Sheba Joshua became the head of her household at just 18 years of age, when she lost her parents to AIDS. She is responsible for seven siblings and her blind grandmother and earns money by running a catering business out of her home in Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Community-Led Sanitation Program Results in Decrease in Diarrheal Disease 

MSH Staff Publish 13 Articles and Book Chapters in 2012 

Will the Global Child Marriage Act Keep Girls in School, Have Effective Means of Enforcement for Health Impact?

Though medical services are generally available in urban and rural areas of Tanzania, facilities and supplies remain insufficient to serve a population that suffers from a high risk of malaria, childhood illness, obstetric emergencies, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Duka la dawa baridi (drug sellers) are often consulted in cases of common illness, especially in remote areas where access to basic quality medicines continues to be a problem.
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Saving Makasi: How New Tools and Integrated Services Are Improving TB Care in Tanzania
"Makasi," a seven-year-old orphan from Losikito village in Arusha, Tanzania, is HIV positive. Masaki became very ill. Using a pediatric tuberculosis (TB) score chart and standard operating procedures, clinicians determined quickly that Makasi was suffering from TB.
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Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDOs) Program Receives Innovation Awards
The Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet program received two awards for innovation and changing behavior at this year's Health Market Innovations Awards ceremony held in Kampala, Uganda.
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Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet (ADDO) Program: Improving Access to Medicines in Tanzania (video)

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