Almost exactly two years ago, West Africa came face to face with a dangerous and deadly Ebola outbreak lasting well over one year and killing thousands of people, including the health workers trying to save them. Liberia, a small West African nation situated on the...
In light of World TB Day today, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) recognizes the somber truth that TB is the leading infectious disease killer today. While the global TB community has made huge strides to reduce TB mortality by half since 1990, there...
In 2014, Zambia was planning to distribute 6-7 million insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), but only limited information was available on the most efficient distribution and hang-up approach to optimize ITN ownership and use in Zambia. A door-to-door distribution...
By the end of 2015, diarrhea remained a leading killer of children under 5. However, important progress has been made to scale up zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS), which together are the recommended treatment for childhood diarrhea. Since the release of the...
In remote Makhodia Village, Jhabua District in central India, a group of about 25 women gather in a small brightly painted room, protected from the heat of the midday sun inside the village health center. They are dressed in vibrant cloths–purples, blues, reds,...
