Dear colleague,
Welcome to a special edition of Global Health Impact on gender equity, UHC, and family planning -- live from the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. You may notice that our stories have a different look and feel. We are in the process of redesigning our MSH.org website; you are getting a sneak peak of the site before our June 14 launch! We'd love to hear what you think!
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WOMEN LEAD: On Gender Equity, Universal Health Coverage, and Family Planning
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From Seamstress to Community Health Worker: Justine's Story
In Kasa� Occidental Province in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where less than five percent of health workers are women, Justine's training in community-based management of common childhood illnesses is helping to save lives and promote gender equity in her village.
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Addressing the Issue of Gender in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
In our efforts to promote health systems strengthening with gender equity in mind, MSH is working to support and advocate for universal health coverage as an overarching health goal for the post-2015 framework. With UHC defined as a system that provides all people with the health services they need, having more women as leaders within the system may, in turn, result in more gender-equitable health planning and service delivery. Read more.
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MSH at Women Deliver: Join us!
Over 30 MSH staff members representing 10 countries are participating in the Women Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur. Join us on the ground or online!
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MSH Remembers Kate Griffin
The MSH family is extremely saddened by the loss of our longtime Chief Financial Officer, Kate Griffin. Kate passed away on May 19 after a valiant battle with cancer.
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Former MSH Staffer Atsuko Toko Fish Honored by White House as an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) "Champion of Change"
Atsuko Toko Fish, a former MSH staff member who coordinated health development projects between MSH, developing countries and Japan, was honored by the White House as one of fifteen Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women who are " Champions of Change."
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Universal health coverage (UHC) is about filling the tragic gaps that exist in health systems around the world: gaps in access, in affordability, and health needs that go unanswered for many women and girls.
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Featured Project
STRIDES for Family Health Ugandan women, like Margaret Nalubega, have more choices for healthy timing and spacing of their pregnancies, thanks to a better range of family planning options delivered by trained midwives.
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Living in a wobbly shack with mud walls and a grass roof has not deterred Tushemerirwe Esparanza from becoming a change agent in the fight against child malnutrition in her village. But it wasn't easy for her at first.
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STRIDES for Family Health is a USAID-funded program in Uganda led by MSH with international, national, and local partners working to increase contraceptive use and healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy (HTSP), decrease maternal and child mortality, and create a scalable nationwide intervention by the year 2014. |
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