“In our routine work we sometimes forget to talk with clients about sexually transmitted infections. The public postings remind us to include these messages when we are engaged with our patients.”

For N. Kim, an ob/gyn in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the posting of data on her...

“Without Rigoberto I would not have been able to form the health committee, since the community thought I should solve my own problems. Rigoberto helped them change their perspective and see how a committee can help.”

In her work as an auxiliary nurse in Gualaco, Honduras,...

“I’ve taken my family planning work into my own life. I had two children, both girls, and they each have only two children as well. This is the way nurse-midwives can make the greatest impact when counseling their clients and supervising village dais .”

An Auxiliary Nurse-...

“I first heard of PMTCT during an educational talk at the health center. Now I know that I can live positively and do things to prevent my baby from becoming infected with HIV.”

Abyot, a young woman in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, learned about prevention of mother-to-child...

“Before, we heard that they treated young people poorly. But now the nurses have all been nice to us. They even go visit the teen club members who have just had their babies.”

In El Salvador the vulnerability of adolescents’ sexual health is illuminated by two statistics. For...

“We thought we were performing very well, but actually we were making mistakes. Supervision brought out our weaknesses and enabled us to improve.”

In the Louga region of northwestern Senegal, the PRIME II Project has helped to strengthen the supervisory skills of head nurses...

“Supportive supervision helped me gain the confidence to perform up to standards.”

Rajabeti, an Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, was nervous and couldn’t pass her first follow-up examination after IUD insertion training as part of the...

“I feel the difference, before and after. Now the providers explain everything. They talk to me more and I go home in peace.”

Thanks to feedback mechanisms implemented by the PRIME II Project, primary providers are improving services at 16 Paraguayan health facilities by...

“Now I have the self-respect to just say ‘no’ to boys, and I know I can use condoms if I want to have sex.”

Sarah—a teenager in Uganda’s Jinja District—watched three of her friends drop out of school in 1998 when they became pregnant. As a “disco kid” she was at risk of...

“When clients inquired about various family planning methods in the past, we were usually unable to give them relevant information since we were more focused on HIV/AIDS prevention. Now, we can easily explain and promote dual protection.”

With assistance from the PRIME II...