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August 5, 2016

Against all odds, an Indian mother becomes a community health champion: the story of Shilpa Sharma

Shilpa Sharma was inspired to become a health activist in her community, dedicating her life to serving other women and their young children – no matter the difficulties ahead.

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February 3, 2016

Agnes’ story: a champion for safer births in Kenya

MI and its partners are working to reduce the risks of pregnancy and delivery in Kakamega County, Kenya, through a community-to-facility linkage program.

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November 16, 2015

Saving lives through better diarrhoea treatment: accomplishments in Bihar and Chhattisgarh

Since 2009, MI has been working in two of India’s high-burden states, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, to ensure that children suffering from diarrhoea get treated with zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS).

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November 3, 2015

Helping to deliver healthy pregnancies and babies in Kenya

Alexina is a 22 year old pregnant woman from the Bumanyi village in Kakamega, a county in Kenya with some of the worst maternal and newborn health indicators.

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October 15, 2015

“Zinc and ORS saved my child’s life”

A training session for frontline health workers is underway in Shivpuri, a quiet village in the Kishanpur block of Supaul district in Bihar, India.

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September 29, 2015

Shobha’s story: How her daughter was helped by the local ASHA

Shobha Devi, a homemaker in the Salkhua village of Saharsa district in Bihar, India, is busy cleaning the house, her one-year-old daughter, Shrishti, is comfortably perched on her hip.

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September 23, 2015

MI reaches underserved rural communities in Ethiopia

For the past nine years, Tibeltalech Kifle has been a Health Extension Worker (HEW) in South Gondar, in the Amahara Regional State of Ethiopia.

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September 15, 2015

Innovation in the supply chain of zinc and ORS, in Bihar, India

Making sure essential drugs and services reach people who need it and when they need it is a challenge, especially in the eastern state of Bihar, India, where resources are limited.

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July 6, 2015

Ethiopia: Access to zinc and ORS help families fight diarrhoea

For Fatuma and her neighbours, having zinc and oral rehydration salts (ORS) in the community could be life-saving.

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June 29, 2015

Mentorship program builds capacity by supporting Pharmacy student in Ethiopia

Esete Zewge, a pharmacy graduate student at the Addis Ababa University School of Pharmacy, wants to help solve this problem through her focus on the logistics of distributing critical medications.

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