Door-to-Door Hypertension Care in Dakar Brings a Pervasive Public Health Problem to Light
Many health workers in Senegal didn’t know what hypertension was or how to treat it—until now.Read more
Tanzania Could See Big Returns on Family Planning Investments
Let’s not let another second, day, or year go by where we fail to address the demand for family planning in Tanzania.
Why Is that Guy Tap Dancing? And Other Frequently Asked Questions about the Arts at SwitchPoint
Most of the 350+ people who come to this North Carolina conference aren’t artists. That’s the point.
Teen Clubs in Namibia Are Shaping a New Future for Kids with HIV
For some kids, adolescence began with a diagnosis. These health workers are helping them navigate all that comes with it.
A Traditionally Circumcising Society in Tanzania Welcomes the HIV Prevention Benefits of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
We've reached more than 960,000 boys and men in Tanzania with VMMC.
Community Liaisons Are Resourceful and Persistent
"We must gain the patients' trust."
A Community Health Worker's Dispatch from Arizona
She was starving. She couldn’t help but eat the tomato.
One Health Worker’s Journey from the Poverty Line to the Front Lines of Care in Rural India
There’s nothing typical about Kusumlata Bisht.
A Registered Nurse’s Dispatch from Uganda
"They did not feel that medicine would help her. They were just waiting for her to die.”
A Physician’s Dispatch from KwaZulu-Natal
In honor of World Health Worker Week 2018, health workers from around the world are telling us what it's really like on the front lines.
She Feared TB Would Destroy Her, But This Karamojan Woman Is Fighting Back—for Herself and Her Community
It all started with a conversation.
