Johnson & Johnson Announces New Center for Health Worker Innovation Johnson & Johnson has announced a new Center for Health Worker Innovation to empower and strengthen the global health workforce. Johnson & Johnson hopes this will spur a movement to address the global health workforce shortage challenge.
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PQMD 2019 Executive Forum: Transformational Thinking in Global Medical Donations With ever-increasing challenges facing all involved in the global health and aid community, transformational ways of thinking, operating, and ultimately acting has become increasingly critical. But what does transformational mean, particularly in terms of donations, disasters, and
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A Hope Filled Smile Mercy Ships provides dental training to developing countries Imagine having a toothache so severe it becomes life-threatening, simply because the dentists in your country have not been properly trained. For those living in countries with little or no access to proper dental care,
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES NEW GUIDELINE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS Community health workers are vital in rural Africa, connecting structured health facilities and communities. These workers provide a variety of health services, from prenatal consultations to malaria screenings. Community health workers have been recognized by the World
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Access and Vaccine Hesitancy Both Blamed for Increase in Measles Cases Measles outbreaks are on the rise around the world. Low-income countries and countries mired in conflict are facing measles outbreaks because the vaccine is not readily available or accessible. But now parents in other countries,
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AMPATH Lilly Partnership Grows to Reach More People For more than 15 years, Eli Lilly and Company and the Lilly Foundation have partnered with AMPATH to provide medicines and care to people living in Western Kenya. The partnership began with product donations for diabetes, then grew
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Heart to Heart International’s Newest Initiative in Haiti: Market Women’s Clinic Throughout history and around the world, women in developing countries have been turning to the informal economy to survive in an environment of high unemployment. Haiti is the third poorest country in the world, and the
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Polio Cases Blamed on Unmonitored Border Crossings Between Pakistan and Afghanistan Polio remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative believes people traveling through unchecked crossings is one of the main causes of the spread of the disease. The group has made strides
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Venezuela Crisis Affects Health Care in Neighboring Countries Measles in Brazil; HIV Treatment in Peru Overwhelmed Venezuela’s political and economic crises destroyed the country’s health care system, and now neighboring countries are impacted, NPR reports. One year after the World Health Organization declared the Americas the first
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Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation and Americares Expand Produce to Give Program Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation (“BI Cares”) and Americares have expanded their partnership program that provides a free supply of medication to eligible uninsured patients in the U.S. to now include patients in Tanzania and El Salvador.
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