Advocacy: Infant and Young Child Feeding at Scale
This brief describes Alive & Thrive’s distinct approach to advocacy and policy dialogue used to educate and motivate policymakers and program managers.
READ MORELifesaving nets: Benue state communities embrace use of Long Lasting Insecticidal treated nets
The Malaria Action Program for states (MAPS) project funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has through sustained community sensitizations and campaigns on the benefits of using long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs), achieved demonstrable behaviour change and increased acceptance of the use of LLINs across communities in Benue state. The MAPS project has as one of its core mandates, the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). Wadata community in Makurdi and Ojegbe community in Obi local government area are just a few of the communities where men and women whose lives have been changed now boldly tell their story to anyone who cares to listen. Hear their testimonies: (more…)
READ MOREImproved Capacity of Government of Nigeria staff to provide reliable Laboratory Services
Mr. Benjamin Udoh trained as a radiographer but has always wanted to build a career in Biomedical engineering. He currently works with the Akwa Ibom State Hospital Management Board (HMB). Mr. Udoh’s opportunity at realizing this dream came through a prior training in repairs and maintenance of analog laboratory microscopes. His zeal and determination to gain knowledge and acquire skills in the use and maintenance of modern laboratory equipment caught the attention of the Akwa Ibom State SIDHAS project team funded by #USAID and with technical assistance from FHI360. He was subsequently trained along with other biomedical engineers in the state on troubleshooting and planned preventive maintenance (PPM) of laboratory equipment. (more…)
READ MOREBringing Malaria to a halt: Improved treatment outcome through support from Malaria Action Program for States
Dr. Ibijoke Oluyomi Campbell, Chief Consultant Paediatrician, Oni Memorial Children’s Specialist Hospital, Ibadan, has always enjoyed working with children. Seeing first-hand the agony parents go through when their precious little ones are running extremely high temperatures as a result of severe malaria attack triggered her interest in new innovations in malaria case management. Her hope and aspiration has been that she can help take away the pain of the many children afflicted with malaria and contribute to reducing the number of children dying from preventable and improperly treated malaria. (more…)
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