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Polio Eradication: A Possible Dream

Polio Eradication: A Possible Dream

Polio is an incurable disease that can lead to life-long paralysis in unvaccinated children, and even one confirmed case means that the virus may be quietly spreading in communities. Over the last year, Mozambique and Malawi declared a national health emergency to...
Claudia Shilumani: Amplifying Voices in Global Health

Claudia Shilumani: Amplifying Voices in Global Health

Claudia Shilumani was a guest speaker on a panel titled “Amplifying Voices from the South” at a Gates Foundation meeting that brought together Gates-funded implementing partners from South Africa and Gates Africa teams. She spoke about critically thinking about whose...
A Real-life Superhero: A Malawi CHW

A Real-life Superhero: A Malawi CHW

When Dickson Nansima Mbewe was young he remembers the community health worker (CHW) who helped people in his village in the Mulanje districts in southern Malawi. “I was so interested to know what this health care worker does in our area.”  He saw her giving...