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“I am really much inspired and I have come to the class with pleasure. Sometimes the information we get outside from our neighbors, friends and families is controversial, and here, I am sure, I’ll acquire the most valuable information, which will help me to overcome my fear,” says Lilit Handunts, mother-to-be and participant in one of Armenia’s newly launched Schools of Motherhood. (More . . . )

Since March of 2007, Leulekal has been working at Sama Senbet clinic, which offers free TB testing and medicine and is one of 149 private and workplace clinics and hospitals in the Oromiya and Addis Ababa regions launched by the Fenote Tesfa ("road of hope") project. IntraHealth International works on the clinical aspects of the project, led by Abt Associates, which has an ultimate goal of decreasing the incidence of TB and HIV/AIDS. The diseases rank high among the most pressing health concerns in Ethiopia, and to address them, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health has been providing training, drugs and laboratory supplies to public health facilities only. By enabling private health facilities and worksite clinics to offer affordable, high-quality TB and HIV/AIDS early diagnosis, prevention and treatment services, the five-year project gives more people access to much-needed care. (More . . . )

Lusine was looking forward to giving birth to a baby girl in April, but in February she woke up in the middle of the night bleeding. Scared for her life and for the life of her unborn child, she rushed to Vayk Medical Union, which serves the southern region of Armenia’s Vayots Dzor province. In the past, doctors at Vayk preferred to refer patients such as Lusine “because they were uncertain what to do.” Now, thanks to NOVA’s trainings in emergency obstetric and newborn care, they were well prepared to manage Lusine’s hemorrhage.