Given the limited number of trained healthcare workers in many low- and middle-income countries and the intense demands on their time, it is critical to find ways to task-shift responsibilities where possible. Task-shifting, defined as a process of delegation whereby...
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. Policy Update: July 14, 2017 STATEMENT The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives, reducing the burden of disease, and strengthening integrated health systems in...
After Zainab Abubakar unexpectedly gave birth at 28 weeks during her first pregnancy, her child survived for just four short hours. Today Zainab describes how fearful she was when, living in an isolated, rural village in Kaduna State in Northern Nigeria, she again...
South Africa has the third-highest Tuberculosis (TB) burden and the second-highest drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) burden globally. TB is a curable and preventable disease caused by bacteria spread from person to person through the air. Resistant forms of the disease pose a...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and IKEA Foundation, partnered with the Governments of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat to support scale-up of zinc and ORS, from 2012-2016. The program...
