“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 can say that I saved a life. I treated a woman who was bleeding profusely. She was worried and her parents were worried. Performing MVA and rapidly stabilizing her with an IV gave confidence to the woman, and she thanked me a lot for having saved her life.”

Through...

“If it is a birth I cannot attend alone, I look for help. When there is no emergency vehicle, I find the person on call to help me take the patient.”

Felipa Arteta, a traditional birth attendant in rural Nicaragua, has learned how to assess whether she can assist with a...

“Our job is to ensure that our community members get the quality services they need. If someone is dissatisfied with the attention they receive in the clinic, they come to me and I help solve the problem.”

As a member of the Clinic-Community Committee, Juana Tavarez meets...

“The eyeglasses have helped me to read my [self-paced learning] units without problems, especially at night. At work they are my second eyes... work goes on as normal unlike before. I am so happy because the glasses have improved my sight.”

A midwifery superintendent at Yendi...

“Postabortion care is helping very much. It has improved the management of clients, not only those with incomplete abortion but also others… People have understood about family planning, and my records show an increase in the number of family planning clients.”

For Milka...

“The nurse was very caring and gave me information about the program. She let me have time to reflect, and I decided to do the test. Then she counseled me before taking my blood.”

Already in labor when she arrived at the hospital in Kibuye, a village on Lake Kivu in western...

“The maps will help us in the future so that the government will take us into account in development plans.”

Altagracia Feliciano, a health promoter in Batey Esperanza, Dominican Republic, recently participated in a community mapping exercise conducted by the PRIME II Project...