“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...

In Costa Rica, health managers and providers of HIV services considered a problem. With services concentrated in just three hospitals, all located in San Jose, the capacity for providing HIV care and treatment was overtaken by the demand. Waiting lists for enrolling newly diagnosed clients ran...

Sister Abiyot Bedane lives in the Arsi Zone of Oromiya Region in Ethiopia . As a maternal and child health nurse at the Alem Tenna Health Center, she works a busy schedule caring for local mothers and children. Until recently, though, her health center has not been able to help...

"I remember a big family of five who had just lost a mother to tuberculosis (TB), and we discovered that all four children were also infected by TB. I am glad we were able to save the children’s lives," says Esayas Leulekal, head nurse at a private clinic.

Since March of 2007, Leulekal...

Meshack Ndolo has a story to tell about an important aspect of Kenya’s national response to HIV. This is a story about the successful process of working within the government—in an innovative way—to achieve significant results.

First, a look back. It’s 1989, and Meshack Ndolo of Kisumu...

“I’m so happy and grateful to my doctors for having my baby in my arms after all the stress I went through,” says Lusine, a patient whose baby’s life was saved by physicians trained by IntraHealth through Project NOVA, a USAID-funded initiative to improve reproductive and child health care in...